News Releases
Olympic Refuge Foundation: Sport can offer hope to displaced communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Joint IOC/UNHCR press release
19 May 2020
United in Music: A virtual charity concert to aid UNHCR'S coronavirus response
International artists, professors and friends from 30 countries join Maestro Shlomo Mintz and team up for a globe-spanning performance in support of the UN Refugee Agency's COVID-19 appeal.
15 May 2020
Public health response in Rohingya refugee settlements on alert as first coronavirus case confirmed
15 May 2020
UNHCR welcomes New Zealand's positive budget announcement for refugees
15 May 2020
Central America's displacement crisis aggravated by COVID-19
15 May 2020
UNHCR steps up emergency assistance in Libya as continued conflict and COVID-19 create more hardship
15 May 2020
UNHCR urges prioritization of mental health support in coronavirus response
14 May 2020
Nigeria violence sees 23,000 refugees flee into Niger in last month alone
12 May 2020
Urgent support needed as COVID-19 inflicts hardship on refugees and migrants from Venezuela
Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release
12 May 2020