2019 Nansen Refugee Award ‘a symbol of hope’ for the world’s stateless
Lawyer Azizbek Ashurov spent over a decade helping the Kyrgyz Republic to resolve all known cases of statelessness in a historic first. By Kate Bond in Geneva, Switzerland A lawyer who spent over a decade championing the rights of more than 10,000 stateless people in...
‘Bigger, broader’ vision needed to tackle forced displacement – UN refugee chief
A more ambitious international approach is needed to address contemporary drivers of displacement, Filippo Grandi tells high-level meeting. GENEVA – A “bigger, broader” international response is needed to tackle global forced displacement in a world in which new...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of risks to the fight against statelessness
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today that recent advances in the battle to end statelessness – a leading cause of human rights deprivation for millions of people worldwide – were being imperiled by a rise in damaging forms of nationalism. In...
UN Refugee Chief in Mexico hears stories of hope and despair from Central American refugees, calls for more support for refugee response
Mexico City – During a four-day visit to Mexico, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited an innovative programme to integrate refugees, and met refugees and asylum seekers in cities in the northern and southern parts of the country, who told him about...
UN Refugee Chief praises Mexico’s support for refugees
As Central Americans’ asylum claims soar 231 per cent in less than one year, Filippo Grandi calls for further resources to better cope with the flow. By Jenny Barchfield in Tapachula, Mexico When he received a death threat from a security official angered by his...
For refugees trapped in Libya, a flight out of danger
Evacuation flight takes 66 vulnerable refugees to Rwanda, where they receive shelter, medical checks and options for a safe future. By Charlie Yaxley in Kigali, Rwanda At Kigali airport, on a balmy Thursday night, a young Somali woman cradles her two-month-old baby....
Eight refugees fighting for the planet
Far from home these refugees are still doing their part to combat climate change “Our house is on fire — let’s act like it.” This is the picture youth activist Greta Thunberg paints on the global climate crisis, which may well be the defining fight of our lifetime. It...
Young Rohingya refugees strive to keep dreams of an education alive
Most Rohingya children have no access to education at all, but are prepared to overcome almost any obstacle for any opportunity to learn. By Caroline Gluck in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh They don’t have desks or chairs. But in a bamboo-built room decorated with...