UNHCR’s Grandi urges joint action to tackle soaring displacement
As conflict in the Middle East and beyond pushes the number of forcibly displaced people globally to 123 million, UN High Commissioner for Refugees urges States to work together for peace and joint solutions By UNHCR staff UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo...
New Global Alliance launched for joint action to end statelessness
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi joined by statelessness advocates to launch new global initiative building on a decade of progress By UNHCR staff A new Global Alliance to End Statelessness was launched in Geneva on Monday with UN High Commissioner for...
High Commissioner’s opening statement to the seventy-fifth plenary session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
Good morning. This has been a year of extremes. A year of contradictions. A year of loss and of grief, without doubt, as we continue to witness conflict, violence and abuses that displace millions. Fed by the belief – no: the terrible lie – that the path to peace is...
States must protect stateless refugees and asylum-seekers: UN human rights experts
Launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness – 14 October 2024 GENEVA – Ahead of the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR), a group of UN and regional human rights experts, issued the...
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
GENEVA – More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a new report on statelessness...
Counselling offers Afghan women a safe space to share their mental health struggles
Increasing restrictions on women and girls, a worsening economy, and decades of conflict have contributed to a mental health crisis that is particularly impacting women By Caroline Gluck At a health clinic in the eastern suburb of Kabul, Razia, 26, is paying a...
In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children
As conflict forced thousands of children to flee to the safety of her hometown, Maimouna Ba rallied the community to provide support and education By Cedric Kalonji Mfunyi Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of...
Moldovans honoured for their warm welcome to refugees from Ukraine
Despite facing their own economic challenges, the people of Moldova opened their homes and hearts to those fleeing the full-scale war in Ukraine and continue to offer safety and opportunities to over 100,000 refugees By Monica Vazquez and Eugenia Ciurca Within hours...