UNHCR welcomes the life-saving disembarkation of 300 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia
News Comment by UNHCR Director for Asia and the Pacific, Indrika Ratwatte BANGKOK, Thailand – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the life-saving disembarkation of approximately 300 Rohingya refugees on the northern coast of Aceh, Indonesia early this morning....
ICS, UNHCR and IOM call on States to end humanitarian crisis onboard ship in the Mediterranean
ICS, the International Chamber of Shipping, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are calling for the immediate disembarkation of 27 rescued people trapped onboard a cargo ship. The distraught group, including one child...
Hunger and fear stalk survivors of attack in north Cameroon
Violence had already uprooted thousands in the volatile Far North region. Now a spate of deadly attacks leaves survivors fearful of tending their fields. By Moise Amédjé in Nguétchéwé, Cameroon Fear and hunger stalk the survivors of a suicide bomb attack on a site for...
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioners visit Greece, discuss refugee protection challenges and urge more support
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioners for Protection and Operations, Gillian Triggs and Raouf Mazou, concluded a four-day visit to Greece today. Their visit focused on issues relating to access to territory and asylum, living conditions for refugees and asylum-seekers...
Côte d’Ivoire adopts Africa’s first legal process to identify and protect stateless people
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Côte d’Ivoire’s adoption this week of Africa’s first Statelessness Determination Procedure. This will help protect thousands of people in the country who are without a nationality. Two regulations signed on 2 September formally...
Resurging violence could spark mass displacement in DRC’s Kasai, UNHCR warns
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a resurgence in violence and renewed...
Mo Salah calls for team effort to ensure disadvantaged children receive education
UNHCR warns COVID-19 a dire threat hopes of young refugees By UNHCR LONDON/GENEVA, SEPT 3, UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR today released a report warning that unless immediate and bold action was taken by the international community to beat back the...
Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education
UNHCR report calls for action to support millions of young refugees living in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. By Jonathan Clayton GENEVA – COVID-19 presents a dire threat to refugee education worldwide, according to a hard-hitting report issued today...