UNHCR calls for decisive action to end alarming conditions on Aegean islands
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – 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 urging Greece to intensify efforts to address...
Fresh violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – 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 boosting its response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado...
“The Cave” documents doctor’s heroic fight to save lives in Syria
Award-winning documentary follows female-led team caring for patients in subterranean hospital By Lauren La Rose On the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, hope, heartbreak and healing all lie in a safe haven just below the surface – in a hospital operating entirely...
Hope and anxiety as Congolese refugees return home from Angola
UNHCR is supporting thousands of displaced Congolese to return from exile as relative calm returns to their homeland. By Alexandra Stenbock-Fermor and Lubiana Gosp-Server in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Emotions run high as a convoy of four trucks crosses...
More resettlement needed as only 4.5 per cent of global resettlement needs met in 2019
Out of 1.4 million refugees estimated to be in urgent need of resettlement worldwide, only 63,696 were resettled through UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, last year. While the number of refugees resettled in 2019 increased modestly by 14 per cent when compared to the...
Syrian mother overcomes tragedy to get fresh start in UK
After losing her husband, brother and – ultimately – her father to the conflict in Syria, Asmaa began a law degree in Jordan before getting a chance at a new life in the UK. By Charlie Dunmore in Amman, Jordan Just 21 years old when she fled from Syria to Jordan in...
UN refugee chief decries ‘unheard of violence’ in Burkina Faso, calls for urgent support
‘I am shocked by the violence and shocked by the extent of their needs,’ Filippo Grandi says during visit with internally displaced Burkinabés. By Kathryn Mahoney in Kaya, Burkina Faso When the armed men burst into her home in northern Burkina Faso and opened fire,...
UNHCR stepping up response to escalating violence and displacement in the Sahel region
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, wrapped up in Burkina Faso a three-nation visit to the Sahel region, and expressed his alarm about the rapidly deteriorating situation across the region, where escalating insecurity has forced a rising number of...