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A deadly cholera outbreak has hit a refugee settlement in eastern Chad hosting Sudanese arrivals from Darfur, raising alarm ...
Ein tödlicher Cholera-Ausbruch hat eine Flüchtlingssiedlung im Osten des Tschad getroffen, in der sudanesische Flüchtlinge ...
UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people worldwide. At the end of 2023, ...
The Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) higher education scholarship programme for refugees reported ...
GENEVA – Uganda is on the verge of hosting two million refugees as escalating crises in Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic ...
Angelina Jolie dedicated over 20 years of service to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. She served as a Goodwill Ambassador from 2001 – 2012 and then as Special Envoy from 2012 – 2022.
Stateless children are born into a world in which they will face a lifetime of discrimination; their status profoundly affects their ability to learn and grow, and to fulfil their ambitions and dreams ...
Cuts to a UNHCR programme that maintained communal facilities for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar have meant lost income for families and a more precarious environment in the camps.
UNHCR welcomes the pilot announced today between the United Kingdom (UK) and France, aimed at addressing irregular movements of refugees and migrants across the Channel as an important initiative. If ...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
UNHCR reports and publications on global displacement, including Global Trends, the Global Report, country operations plans, and thematic research.
Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini was appointed the youngest ever Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in April 2017.