UNHCR regrets loss of life in the Aegean Sea, with at least 31 dead and more missing
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply distressed by the recent tragic death toll in Greece’s Aegean Sea. At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks between 21 and 24 December, while an unknown number are still missing. More than 160 people were...
Amid surge in arrivals from Venezuela, UNHCR steps up response in the north of Chile
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is stepping up its presence and the delivery of assistance in Chile’s northern border, to respond to the critical needs of a growing number of Venezuelans arriving by foot in the South American country. Since November 2021, according to...
Hope for refugees in Angola as they receive COVID-19 vaccines
UNHCR’s advocacy efforts pay off as Angola includes refugees and asylum seekers in national COVID-19 vaccination campaign. By Manuel Mbunga in Lôvua settlement, Angola Alphonsine Mayamba describes the overwhelming sense of hope she felt when she first heard that...
On the frontlines of the global displacement crisis
2021: forced displacement in pictures. When an emergency is declared, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is on the ground to ensure that people forced to flee find safety and assistance – whether in their own country or another. The proliferation of new crises in 2021,...
Scale up support to Iran to safeguard fleeing Afghans, says UNHCR’s Grandi
At the end of a three-day visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged the international community to scale up its support to the Government and people of Iran, who are receiving Afghans fleeing a deteriorating...
Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to head home
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
Donor Spotlight: Acquaint Financial partners with UN Refugee Agency efforts in Afghanistan
Learn more about Acquaint Financial’s contribution to the Refugee Zakat Fund to help forcibly displaced people. Mohammad Asaf Shad is the founder and president of Acquaint Financial, a firm providing employee financial wellness solutions to organizations across North...
Clashes in Cameroon’s Far North displace more than 100,000 people
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two...