UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new record in 2022
Canada leads on refugee resettlement as a record increase in global forced displacement heightens urgency of protecting the right to seek asylum OTTAWA, 14 June 2023 – Canada has cemented its position as the world leader in refugee resettlement amidst a record surge...
High Commissioner’s statement at the High-Level Global Summit on Gender-Equality in Nationality Laws
Thank you very much, Yvonne, and good afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be here. I am truly delighted that UNHCR is co-sponsoring this Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, along with the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, UNICEF and UN...
Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws
Geneva — Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva today at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people the...
UNHCR deplores brutal attacks on displaced people in DR Congo
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked by the latest in a series of callous attacks on forcibly displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by non-state armed groups. These brutal acts of violence have resulted in the loss of innocent lives and...
European statelessness conference pushes for concrete action and commitments to resolve statelessness in Europe
MADRID – In the lead up to this year’s Global Refugee Forum in December, and in the penultimate year of the decade-long #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness, representatives from governments, civil society, NGOs, stateless activists, refugee communities,...
Funding gap hampers response to critical needs of Somali refugees in Ethiopia
GENEVA – Ethiopia is facing multiple emergencies amid critical levels of underfunding. With new and ongoing displacements and suffering caused by ravaging droughts, the East African country is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing needs of displaced people...
Home repairs help restore Ukrainian communities shattered by war
Faced with huge destruction to civilian infrastructure, UNHCR, with EU humanitarian aid support carries out repairs to family homes where the impact goes far beyond bricks and mortar. By Charlie Dunmore and Melik Benkritly in Borodyanka, Ukraine | 07 June 2023 For the...
Refugees and locals live side-by-side in Niger’s ‘opportunity villages’
In the village of Garin Kaka, Nigerian refugees live and work alongside the local host community in a more sustainable alternative to refugee camps. By Colin Delfosse in Maradi, Niger | 06 June 2023 Smoke billows from the small blue shed in the middle of Garin Kaka, a...