‘I just can’t stand aside if I know that I can help’
Disability rights activist Tetiana Barantsova escaped the war in Ukraine in a wheelchair. Now she’s helping others with disabilities to do the same. By Victoria Andrievska and Kristy Siegfried Messages asking for help can appear on Tetiana Barantsova’s phone at any...
Artists across Canada show support for Ukraine
From paintings to jewellery, learn how Canadian artists are raising funds and awareness for UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency response. The war in Ukraine has uprooted the lives of millions and captured the attention and hearts of people across Canada compelled to find ways...
UNHCR: Global refugee resettlement needs will rise steeply next year
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva More than 2 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year, according to...
Live blog 2022: World Refugee Day events held as displacement tops 100 million
Welcome to the World Refugee Day 2022 Live Blog, where we’ll be bringing you stories and events from around the world celebrating refugees and the countries and communities that have taken them in By UNHCR Every World Refugee Day, 20 June, UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes returning families as refugee status set to end
Abidjan – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is celebrating World Refugee Day in Côte d’Ivoire, alongside former refugees who have returned home ahead of the formal end of Ivorian refugee status later this month. The process to formally end...
On World Refugee Day, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller calls for equal treatment of refugees – whoever, wherever, whenever
Stiller: ‘Protecting people forced to flee is a collective global responsibility. We have to remember this could happen to anyone, anywhere’ GENEVA – Today, on World Refugee Day 2022, Ben Stiller, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,...
‘When you open your home, you open your heart’
Iryna Morykvas reflects on how fleeing Ukraine with her son changed her perspective on love, peace and safety – and inspired her to design this year’s World Refugee Day emoji By Iryna Morykvas Iryna Morykvas is a Ukrainian artist and children’s book illustrator. She...
UNHCR’s Grandi joins Ivorian refugees on the last leg of their journey home
With peace and stability in Côte D’Ivoire, refugee status for Ivorians is coming to an end. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees joined a group returning home from Liberia. By Cédric Kalonji Mfunyi in Toulepleu, Côte d’Ivoire Blessing Tieu, 18, felt a mixture...