‘After the airlift’. News Comment attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
The evacuation from Kabul is coming to an end. A larger crisis is just beginning. The act of fleeing the country of one’s birth brings with it a harrowing sense of loss. The scenes at Kabul airport these past few days have sparked an outpouring of compassion around...
The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today, as the international community marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the...
‘All over the province, people want to buy our rice’
A group of refugee women are growing rice on a large scale, becoming the largest rice producers in Angola’s Lunda Norte province. By Omotola Akindipe in Lunda Norte, Angola It takes more than an hour on foot to traverse the muddy terrain that leads to Antoinette’s...
UNHCR receives largest private sector contribution for Afghanistan crisis in 2021
The LEGO Foundation and KIRKBI, the owners of the LEGO Group, contribute 30 million DKK US$4.7 million) to support UNHCR’s emergency response in Afghanistan. Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the announcement of a 30 million DKK (US$4.7 million)...
Grandi calls for peace in Ethiopia, stresses ‘there is no military solution’
High Commissioner for Refugees visits eastern Sudan to bring focus to the situation of nearly 48,000 Ethiopians who have fled Tigray. By Catherine Wachiaya in Um Rakuba camp, Sudan Hailu Mehari crossed into Sudan last November with his wife and their two children,...
UNHCR’s Grandi urges greater support for Sudan and South Sudan
With nearly 7 million Sudanese and South Sudanese displaced within and outside their countries, finding solutions based on peace and development is crucial for their future. By Aoife McDonnell in Juba and Catherine Wachiaya in Khartoum UN High Commissioner for...
“I hope the focus on Afghanistan will continue. UNHCR is here for the long run.”
UNHCR’s Representative in Afghanistan, Caroline Van Buren, describes the current situation in the country and how our staff and partners are helping displaced people. By Kristy Siegfried The past week has been an extremely turbulent one for Afghanistan, but UNHCR...
Refugee Para athletes relish chance to compete at global level
Six refugee athletes lead the parade at the Tokyo Paralympics Opening Ceremony, sending a powerful message to the 12 million forcibly displaced people living with disabilities. By Malcolm Foster in Tokyo, Japan Leading the parade of nations into the stadium in Tokyo,...