Mr.James Lynch, UNHCR Representative in Thailand receives 300 cleaning sets from Mr.Patana Usanachitt, President, Modernform Group PLC to distribute to refugees affected by the recent flood situation. Read More
GENEVA, December 13 (UNHCR) – Erika Feller, the UN refugee agency's most senior protection official, recently paid a significant visit to Myanmar, where UNHCR has operations in Rakhine state in the we... Read More
ASSOSA, Ethiopia, December 12 (UNHCR) – In a remote corner of Ethiopia, home to more than 9,000 refugees from Sudan's Blue Nile state, one man stuck out like a sore thumb. For weeks, 65-year-old Bunth... Read More
GENEVA (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday opened the largest conference of its kind in UNHCR's 60-year history with an appeal for urgent reinforcing of the inter... Read More
ROGATICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 15 (UNHCR) – In April last year, Lena Babic had her photograph taken with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie in the dilapidated building where she had lived in ex... Read More
An evening in the Prueksa 3 compound, Nonthaburi province conceals the 800 residents with blanket of darkness. They have been surrounded by one-metre high flood living without electricity for ov... Read More
11 Nov 11 Mr.James Lynch, UNHCR Representative in Thailand hands over 5,000 solar lanterns worth 7.5 million Baht to Mr.Pranai Suwannarat, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior for the Department... Read More
BANGKOK, Thailand, November 9 (UNHCR) – Thailand's worst floods in more than 50 years have killed more than 500 people and affected nearly 3 million, but the UN refugee agency continues to deliver uni... Read More
GENEVA, October 4 (UNHCR) – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged the international community to scale up its efforts to deal with the crisis in the Horn of Africa, saying t... Read More