In Ethiopia, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support for people fleeing Sudan
Addis Ababa — With nearly 8 million people displaced by the brutal conflict in Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for urgent and additional support to meet their needs. Concluding a three-day visit to Ethiopia this week, Grandi observed...
Stateless Rohingya turns bodybuilding dream into reality
As a child, Noor Kabir risked his life for a dream. Inspired by the film “Rocky”, he became the world’s first Rohingya bodybuilding champion. By Lydia Siamando and Charlotta Lomas in Canberra, Australia When Noor Kabir saw the film Rocky, he knew his life would never...
UNHCR applauds São Tomé and Principe’s pledge to eradicate statelessness
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, extends its appreciation to the Government and people of São Tomé and Principe for their commitment to ending statelessness through the recent accession to two statelessness conventions. On 15 January, São Tomé and Príncipe...
BTS-obsessed student yearns for return to normality in Sudan
Islam Mubarak was uprooted from her life in Khartoum by the war in Sudan. Now she is stuck in a camp for displaced people in the east of the country. By Omer Elnaiem in Gedaref, Sudan Just days before fighting between two rival military factions broke out in...In Ukraine, UNHCR’s Grandi urgently appeals for renewed support as the war rages on
KYIV – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians suffer in the depths of winter. Grandi wrapped up his week-long visit to the country...
As Darien crossings hit record, UNHCR’s Clements urges greater international support
PANAMA City – UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Kelly T. Clements, today called on the international community to intensify efforts to improve the situation of refugees and migrants in the Americas, as she concluded a two-day visit to Panama. “As...
UNHCR: Urgent action needed to address dramatic rise in Rohingya deaths at sea
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by statistics revealing a surge in the number of desperate Rohingya refugees reportedly dying or going missing while taking risky boat journeys in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal during 2023. Some 569 Rohingya were...
UNHCR: Number of humanitarian emergencies in 2023 the highest in a decade
GENEVA – Last year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, responded to a sharply higher number of new or deepening humanitarian crises – the highest annual number of declared emergencies in the last 10 years. According to the Emergency Preparedness and Response in 2023 report...