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The Mahmut family from Syria began a new life in Ottawa in 2016, under Canada’s humanitarian programme to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. ©UNHCR
A year after key conference sought to boost resettlement targets for Syrian refugees, half of the 500,000 places sought have been achieved
Apr 4,2017 | News and Events
As the number of men, women and children fleeing six years of war in Syria passes the 5 million mark, the international community needs to do more to help them, the UN refugee chief said today.... Read More
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets with UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie. © UNHCR/Mark Henle
Special Envoy Angelina Jolie renews UNHCR contract, says ‘I’m with you for life’
Mar 16,2017 | News and Events
During a visit to the UN Refugee Agency’s headquarters in Geneva, Jolie urged staff to step forward and ‘say who we are and who we fight for and work even harder.’ GENEVA – Spe... Read More
Praya Lundberg visited refugee camp in Jordan
Mar 10,2017 | News and Events
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Syrian refugee Nasreen Ahmed Sweii poses in Tripoli, in North Lebanon, in this March 2014 portrait. She fled her family home in Homs, Syria, with her four children after her husband was killed. © UNHCR
As War Enters 7th Year, UNHCR Warns Syria is ‘at a Crossroads’
Mar 9,2017 | News and Events
While there are Some Hopes for Peace, the Needs and Suffering of Millions of Syrians Continue Unabated; Syrian War is a ‘Collective Failure.’ GENEVA – As the world prepares to mark y... Read More
Young Syrian refugees walk through an informal settlement in the Bekaa Valley. © UNHCR/Sam Tarling
Poorer countries host most of the forcibly displaced – report
Mar 3,2017 | News and Events
According to a new UNHCR study, most of the 3.2 million who were driven from their homes in the first half of 2016 found shelter in low or middle income countries. By: UNHCR staff   | ... Read More
Zahrah, a widow and mother of eight displaced by war, sits in a makeshift shelter in Sana’a, Yemen. © UNHCR/Mohammed Hamoud
Funding crunch exacerbating Yemen “catastrophe” - UNHCR
Feb 20,2017 | News and Events
Deaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief operations are just one per cent funded. GENEVA – People in war-ravaged Yemen... Read More
Art auction by UNHCR and Venerable Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi to raise funds for refugee shelter
Feb 15,2017 | News and Events
BANGKOK, 15 February 2017 –The UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with a prominent Buddhist monk in Thailand, Venerable Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi (V.Vajiramedhi), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MO... Read More
Praya Lundberg visited refugee camps in Jordan
Feb 9,2017 | News and Events
Praya Lundberg, UNHCR Thailand's first Goodwill Ambassador, visited refugees in Jordan during 6-7 February 2017. Jordan has received more than 655,000 syrian refugees for the past 6 years. Du... Read More
UNHCR appoints Praya “Pu” Lundberg as first Goodwill Ambassador in Thailand
Feb 1,2017 | News and Events
The actress and model joins UNHCR’s global Goodwill Ambassador team to stand with refugees at a time of multiple refugee crises. BANGKOK, January 31, (UNHCR) –The UN Refugee Agency today a... Read More
Joint IOM-UNHCR Statement on President Trump’s Refugee Order
Jan 30,2017 | News and Events
GENEVA – The needs of refugees and migrants worldwide have never been greater, and the U.S. resettlement program is one of the most important in the world. The longstanding U.S. policy of welco... Read More
Hazrat, 16, an Afghan refugee, warms himself at a fire behind the main train station of Belgrade. ©UNHCR/Daniel Etter
Desperate refugees and migrants in Serbia face freezing temperatures
Jan 26,2017 | News and Events
Serbian authorities, together with UNHCR and partners, step up efforts to extend capacity in emergency shelters for hundreds sleeping rough. BELGRADE, Serbia – Refugees and migrants wanting to l... Read More