UNHCR: Biden move on refugee resettlement will save lives
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, praised President Joe Biden’s plan announced today to raise the cap on the number of refugees who could be admitted to the United States, saying it would send a powerful signal to other countries to...
UNHCR and IOM call for improved safeguards for the displaced on the frontlines of climate emergency
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are calling on states to strengthen the protection and assistance of people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, ahead of a virtual conference co-hosted today, 4...
Yemen’s ‘marginalized ones’ endure hunger, displacement
Conflict and displacement have compounded centuries of discrimination against Yemen’s Muhamasheen minority, denying access to jobs, documentation and humanitarian aid. By Jean-Nicolas Beuze AMRAN, Yemen – It was past noon, the time when Mariam would normally start...
Keeping displaced families safe amid surge in Niger violence
As increasing numbers are forced from their homes by armed groups in Niger’s volatile western border region, UNHCR mobilizes network of local protection monitors to help respond. By Boubacar Siddo in Intikane, Niger A year ago, when armed men entered Rissa’s* remote...
The European Union, UNICEF and UNHCR join efforts to protect children on the move in Central America, Mexico and Southern Africa
BRUSSELS/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI – The European Union (EU), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency have announced today the launch of the new EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme to strengthen...
Data reveals impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and futures
Poor and vulnerable communities across the world, including the forcibly displaced, struggle with the pandemic’s far-reaching consequences. By UNHCR staff The devastating impact of COVID-19 on refugees, the internally displaced and the stateless is laid bare by...
Remarks by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the press conference in Addis Ababa
By Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Greetings everybody. I conclude tonight my fifth visit to Ethiopia as UN High Commissioner for Refugees and at the outset I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Government for having facilitated his...
Conditions dire as CAR displacement tops 200,000
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has displaced more than 200,000...