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Latest press releases and briefing notes

Bangladesh. Monsoon rains and flash floods hit Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar

UNHCR: Urgent steps needed now to mitigate climate impact on displaced people

07 November 2021

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Libya. First evacuation flight to Niger in over a year brings 172 asylum-seekers to safety

Libya: First evacuation flight to Niger in over a year brings 172 asylum-seekers to safety

05 November 2021

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UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world's stateless

04 November 2021

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COVID-19 vaccines in cold storage .

Open letter to G20 Heads of State and Government - UNHCR, IOM & WHO

29 October 2021

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Bangladesh. COVID-19 vaccination rollout begins in Rohingya refugee camps

Actions must speak louder than words: five asks to achieve equity in vaccine delivery

28 October 2021

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Brazil. Magdalena and her family in the indigenous community of Tarauparu

New data visualization on COVID-19 eviction and homelessness risks for Venezuelan refugees and migrants

25 October 2021

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Libya. UNHCR provides assistance to asylum-seekers caught in crackdown

UNHCR calls on Libya to urgently develop plan for asylum seekers and refugees, welcomes authorization to restart evacuations

22 October 2021

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UNHCR deplores violent attack in Rohingya refugee camp

22 October 2021

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UNHCR urges States to end stalemate at Belarus-EU border and avoid further loss of life

22 October 2021

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Syria. High Commissioner Filippo Grandi visits Talibiseh city, northern Homs

UNHCR's Grandi urges increase in the scope of humanitarian assistance in Syria, including to people returning from displacement

18 October 2021

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Refugee and host community farmers sort through maize at Makpandu refugee camp in South Sudan, January 2021.

On World Food Day, UN calls for strengthened and inclusive local food systems for displaced and host communities

15 October 2021

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The High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, attending to Hind al-Hamad a 41 year old Syrian refugee, (the overseer of 3 camps) and Majida Shehada Ibrahim,36 years old Syrian refugee,(to the right of the image) while they explain what they need and what they are short of in the camp.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urges support for crisis-hit Lebanon

15 October 2021

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