Summary deportations of Eritrean asylum seekers violate the international legal prohibition on refoulement or forcible return to a country where people may face threats. BEIRUT, Lebanon,...
UNHCR strives to ensure and expand access for young refugees to the higher education system in Egypt GENEVA, Switzerland, January 24, 2022/APO Group/ — At the...
While in Tongogara refugee camp, Triggs had the opportunity to speak with a group of refugees, predominantly leaders in their community, and learn about their needs...
The appeal will help UNHCR and its humanitarian and government partners to provide vital protection and assistance to people displaced by the crisis. GENEVA, Switzerland, January...
Our team found refugees frightened and struggling to get enough to eat, with no medicine and little or no access to clean water. GENEVA, Switzerland, January...
Four Tunisians, including a girl, were killed and seven others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the central city of Sfax, authorities said...
These acts of violence constitute a direct attack on the most vulnerable people in Sudan, who have been unfairly robbed of much-needed food assistance. EL FASHER,...
A spike in violent attacks across the region in 2021 displaced nearly 500,000 people, with December figures still pending. GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2022/APO Group/ —...
Tigrayan rebels claimed on Saturday that dozens of people had been killed in a drone attack on a camp for people displaced by war in northern...
In Tigray, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate and tensions restrict the movement of humanitarian supplies along the only available route. NEW YORK, United States of...
My thoughts and condolences go out to the loved ones of those lost in this attack. GENEVA, Switzerland, January 6, 2022 / APO Group / –...
In the last evacuation flight of the year out of Libya, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has brought 177 vulnerable asylum seekers to safety in Niger....
While COVID-19 has hit billions of people, tens of millions more have been displaced within their own countries. GENEVA, Switzerland, December 29, 2021 / APO Group...
The Greek coastguard searched the Aegean Sea for survivors on Saturday after the latest in a series of migrant boat accidents that have killed at least...
The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat in Greece rose to seven on Friday, as dozens of others, including dozens of children, were...
With more protests planned for this weekend and in the coming weeks, it is critical that security forces guarantee and protect the right to peaceful assembly....
Some 4,774 refugees have expressed their intention to return voluntarily through intention surveys conducted by UNHCR in October. GENEVA, Switzerland, December 21, 2021 / APO Group...
Over the past seven years, MSF teams has provided nearly 500,000 outpatient consultations and admitted more than 20,000 people to the hospital for treatment GENEVA, Switzerland,...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on Lebanese leaders to overcome divisions, describing the situation in the country as “very dramatic.” “This is the...
With more than 1.56 million refugees in its territory, Uganda is the largest refugee host country in Africa and the fifth largest in the world. GENEVA,...