UNHCR welcomes agreement on migration compact
NEW YORK/GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes today’s endorsement by the UN General Assembly of a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This comes two days on from Monday’s agreement by UN member states to a Global Compact on Refugees. The...
US$2.7 billion two-year appeal launched for Africa’s largest refugee crisis: South Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley– to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are today launching an appeal for US$2.7...
Cash assistance helps refugee families brave harsh winter weather
Tarek Al Haddad is a field associate who works closely with refugees in the Akkar district in Northern Lebanon. He has worked for UNHCR since 2012 and has seen first-hand the vulnerability of many refugee families when facing the freezing winter in the region. Here he...
States agree on historic Global Compact on Refugees and commit to more effective, fairer response
UN General Assembly agrees on an innovative global framework to better serve the forcibly displaced and their host communities. NEW YORK, 17 December 2018 – In a historic decision, the member states of the UN General Assembly today agreed on a new international...
12-year-old South Sudanese refugee girl dreams of future
A Dream to Heal Suffering It’s hard to imagine how a 12-year-old girl, forced to flee South Sudan after losing her family to conflict, can speak with courage and drive to relieve the suffering of others. It is with such clear faith in humanity that Eva explains how...
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie calls for lasting ceasefire in Yemen
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie today called for the urgent establishment of a ceasefire in Yemen and a lasting settlement to the conflict. She welcomed recent discussion of a halt to hostilities, and called on the United Nations Security Council, working...
Critical UNHCR aid reaches over 150,000 displaced people in Yemen
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. Amid rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Yemen, UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
Refugee Olympic Team to compete at Tokyo 2020
International Olympic Committee announces a refugee team will again compete, following historic debut at Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. By Lorey Campese and Claire Lewis in Buenos Aires, Argentina A Refugee Olympic Team will compete in the Tokyo 2020 Games, following the...