News releases

News releases

Latest press releases and briefing notes

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UNHCR, IOM: Shipwreck tragedy off the Lebanese coast underscores need for continuing support to Lebanon

24 April 2022

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UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum

14 April 2022

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Ethiopia. UNHCR and partners move refugees to safety in Benishangul Gumuz region

Spiraling costs, surging conflict, and soaring climate disasters create a desperate future for millions of refugees across Eastern Africa

13 April 2022

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Statement on risks of trafficking and exploitation facing refugees from Ukraine attributed to UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection

12 April 2022

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UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner lauds solidarity of Romania and the Republic of Moldova towards Ukrainian refugees

09 April 2022

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UNHCR News Comment on the Release of Refugees from Detention

08 April 2022

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi meets families displaced by war inside Ukraine.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for immediate end to Ukraine war, which has uprooted over 10 million people

31 March 2022

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UNHCR and Islamic Development Bank Launch Global Islamic Fund for Refugees

31 March 2022

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UNHCR News Comment: Australian Budget Allocation of Additional Places for Afghans Welcome

30 March 2022

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Panama. Refugees and migrants brave hazardous jungles of Darien Gap on their way north

Number of Venezuelans crossing the Darien Gap soars

29 March 2022

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Poland. High Commissioner visits Medyka Polish border crossing and reception centre

Football unites in global appeal for the United Nations response to Ukraine

29 March 2022

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Philippines. UNHCR supports government drive to give foundlings citizenship

UNHCR lauds Philippines' accession to 1961 statelessness convention

25 March 2022

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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine