UNHCR welcomes Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection in the Americas
LOS ANGELES – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed today an important declaration adopted at the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. The 20 countries endorsing the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection pledged to strengthen...
UNHCR and IOM welcome Ecuador’s move to regularize Venezuelan refugees and migrants
Geneva – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomed Ecuador’s regularization initiative that is expected to benefit thousands of Venezuelans. Ecuador is host to the third-largest Venezuelan refugee and migrant...
Mortar blast highlights the deadly legacy of war in South Sudan
Pain, anguish and a search for answers as an explosion kills four refugee boys in Maban County, where decades of conflict have left a cache of unexploded ordnance. By Tim Gaynor and Nour Abdulhak Bunj, SOUTH SUDAN – Their schoolwork done, the group of boys aged 12 to...
UNHCR updates Ukraine refugee data, reflecting recent movements
GENEVA — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has updated its data portal on the Ukraine Refugee Situation, adding new data which better reflects recent movements of refugees from and to Ukraine. The Ukraine war has caused one of the largest human displacement crises in the...
Refugee-led business provides clean energy to camp residents
A Congolese refugee is providing a lifeline for thousands of refugees and their hosts in Kenya’s Kakuma camp through sustainable, reliable and affordable energy. By Samuel Otieno and Charity Nzomo in Kenya Vasco Hamisi is hard at work checking on the solar panels at...
After 100 days of anguish, UNHCR is focused on protection and shelter for Ukrainians
This is a summary of what was said by Karolina Lindholm Billing, UNHCR Representative in Ukraine – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva I have spent the last weeks in Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhia,...
Ukrainian family finds a home away from home in Moldova
Business owners Nadejda and Vitalie converted their office space into a shelter for refugees, including six-year-old Veronika and her family from Odesa By Kisut Gebre Egziabher in Ialoveni, Moldova Nadejda Grosu and Vitalie Ovcearenco had just moved into their new...
Seeking safety at the United States-Mexico border
By UNHCR Staff Narrated by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller and supporter Mindy Kaling, an animated series looks at the rights of people forced to flee and the responsibility we all have to protect them. Every day, people arrive at the United States border with...