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A mother cradles her child inside a camp for internally displaced people in Kachin State, Myanmar, in November 2013.
Ongoing Myanmar conflict traps villagers in crossfire
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
MYITKYINA, Myanmar, Oct 28 (UNHCR) – Htoi Pan vividly recalls the moment when the fighter jets streaked across the sky over her village in northern Myanmar, piercing the calm of that late June m... Read More
Sonita teaches young Afghan refugees at a summer school in Iran.
Young Afghan Weighs her Future
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
Sonita has only seen Afghanistan through the eyes of others: on her relatives’ mobile phones, in films and in Internet videos. Sonita is assisting children in need. Just like others who want to... Read More
Joe Hullman, 13, works at San Pedro de Macoris municipal dump during his summer vacations looking for metal scraps in San Pedro de Macoris, in Dominican Republic.
Urgent action needed to address child statelessness
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
Nov 3 (UNHCR) – Thirteen-year-old Joe Hullman dreams of playing baseball in his native Dominican Republic. But because he has no birth certificate or identity papers, he scavenges instead for sc... Read More
A refugee huddles up against the cold on the border between Serbia and Croatia.
UNHCR launches appeal to aid refugees as winter hits Europe
Nov 10,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, Nov 5 (UNHCR) – With thousands of refugees and migrants continuing to arrive in Europe via the Mediterranean each day as winter approaches, the UN refugee agency is appealing to donors f... Read More
Children play as a donkey cart passes destroyed buildings in the Al-Ora's neighbourhood of Zinjibar.
UNHCR delivers aid to Yemen by sea, prepares stepped-up assistance ahead of expected ceasefire
May 15,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, May 12 (UNHCR) – A UN refugee agency shipment of aid has arrived by sea in the Yemen port of Hodeida carrying blankets, sleeping mats and kitchen utensils for 60,000 people while pre... Read More
High Commissioner Guterres meets refugee returnees to discuss the challenges they have faced since leaving Kenya and settling in the Somali port of Kismayo.
UNHCR chief visits Somali port of Kismayo, meets refugee returnees
May 14,2015 | News and Events
KISMAYO, Somalia, May 11 (UNHCR) – Twenty-two-year-old Ali Abdi Madar was born and raised in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab refugee camp. But when the opportunity arose to go to Somalia, his home... Read More
Fishing boats head out into the Bay of Bengal. UNHCR fears thousands could be stranded on smugglers' boats and in need of rescue.
UNHCR urges governments to continue high seas live-saving operations
May 13,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, May 12 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on governments in South-east Asia to step up search-and-rescue efforts and keep their borders open, amid continuing reports that thousa... Read More
Amin and Hanan rest with their children in Augusta, Sicily
A Risky Route from Syria to Europe
May 12,2015 | News and Events
The sun is still rising over the Italian port of Augusta, on the eastern coast of Sicily, when 446 people finally step onto dry land after eight days at sea. Crammed into a fishing boat, they often wo... Read More
An elderly woman waits among a crowd of other Burundian refugees for assistance in Rwanda's Mahama Refugee Camp.
More than 50,000 flee Burundi to escape spiralling violence
May 11,2015 | News and Events
GENEVA, May 8 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday warned that pre-election violence in Burundi threatens to undo some of the most promising developments in recent refugee history in Africa, with... Read More
A worker loads UNHCR aid destined for delivery to thousands of people in quake-affected areas of Nepal.
UNHCR flies in shelter materials for quake-displaced in Nepal
May 8,2015 | News and Events
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 7 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has flown in shelter materials for some 34,000 earthquake survivors in Nepal, with more supplies on their way as the number of displaced people... Read More
UNHCR staff is providing immediate relief such as clothes, blankets, and hygiene kits to Rohingyas
UNHCR calls for joint response in wake of “Rohingya mass grave” in Thailand
May 6,2015 | News and Events
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is deeply concerned at this week’s discovery of dozens of bodies in smugglers’ camps in southern Thailand. The agency calls on countries in the region to strength... Read More