Thousands of people, including refugees, continue to be caught up in the ongoing El Niño-triggered heavy rains and severe flooding sweeping across East Africa. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is ...

GENEVA – Uganda is welcoming increasing numbers of Sudanese arrivals – over 33,000 people, 19,000 of whom have arrived in Kampala since the start of 2024 – seeking safety from a war that has raged for ...

Today, on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are reflecting on the struggle faced by people who are forced to flee persecution, ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with federal, state, and municipal authorities, and partner organizations in Brazil to mitigate the severe impact of the extreme weather events, including ...

UNHCR cash assistance, through the Zakat programme, breathes hope into the life of a Syrian refugee and her young daughters in the Jordanian capital Amman. In the crowded city of Amman, Jordan, amidst ...

Over a year since the start of the war in Sudan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains extremely concerned about shocking levels of violence and devastating humanitarian and protection risks as many ...

Panama, May 8, 2024 (UNHCR) – In response to the devastating floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partner organizations are working with local ...

This Mother’s Day, we honor and celebrate the courage, resilience, and nurturing spirit of mothers especially those who are forcibly displaced, stateless, or at risk of statelessness—whose love for ...

GENEVA – A new report shows that the number of study, work, family reunification and sponsorship permits granted by OECD countries to refugees continues to rise. The latest report issued this week by ...

GUATEMALA CITY – UNHCR renews its call for a coordinated continental approach to address the magnitude and complexity of the mixed movement of refugees and migrants in the Americas, as recently ...