From forecasting potential forced displacement movements and assessing damaged buildings after a crisis, to mapping refugee laws and improving supply chains, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is using ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed that escalating violence across the Lake Chad Basin is driving a sharp increase in forced displacement and insecurity, threatening to reverse recent fragile ...

GENEVA – Initial, on-the-ground needs assessments from Venezuela have revealed a dramatic surge in humanitarian and ...

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scrambling staff and resources to respond to the effects of the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela late Wednesday, causing widespread destruction ...

At a time when conflict and instability are driving new displacement across the region, Ethiopia is showing that refugee ...

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On World Refugee Day visit to Ethiopia, UNHCR High Commissioner Barham Salih urges greater support for inclusive policies that enable refugees to rebuild their lives alongside hosts.

For World Refugee Day on 20 June, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, aims to mobilize younger generations to reclaim and defend asylum as a shared global good and a cornerstone of international protection.

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, welcomed the entry into force today of the European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum as an opportunity to move beyond ...

GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih today welcomed the appointment of Tressa Rae Finerty as Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Antón Leis García as Assistant High Commissioner ...

I strongly condemn last night’s Russian missile and drone attack on Dnipro, that claimed at least two civilian lives, injured more, and also hit a UNHCR-contracted warehouse, resulting in the ...

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 18 May 2026 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, convened in partnership with the World Bank, a high-level session at the ID4Africa 2026 Annual General Meeting in Abidjan, bringing ...