Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, Director of UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, explains how the crisis is unfolding at the Chad–Sudan border, why Chad continues to welcome refugees, and how t...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the peace agreement signed yesterday in Washington D.C. between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda. We commend the tireless ef...

Merci Monsieur le Président,Depuis plusieurs années, le Conseil de Sécurité a bien voulu m’inviter régulièrement à partager mes réflexions sur la situation globale des réfugiés et autres personnes rel...

Netflix’s 2022 film The Swimmers famously told the story of Mardini’s journey to the Refugee Olympic Team.

Frontline communities continue to suffer the dire consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine for a fourth year.

GENEVA – Nearly two years of conflict have fueled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 million people in Sudan and across borders.Fighting continues to kill and injure civili...

Despite returning to a damaged home and lack of services, former refugee Ibtihal remains hopeful, but more international support is needed to meet humanitarian needs and ensure Syria’s lasting recover...

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers...

DAMASCUS – Wrapping up a visit to Syria on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed to the international community for bold and decisive action to help Syrians rebuild their...

Over one million people have arrived in South Sudan, having fled the conflict in Sudan, setting a new record in the ongoing humanitarian and displacement crisis ignited by nearly two years of fighting...

Even by the standards of recent years, 2024 was a year of turmoil in which new conflicts erupted, existing crises seethed, and climate-fueled disasters multiplied. As a result, the number of people fo...

Jean Pierre Gatera has always been a community builder, whether in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, or his more recent home in Minneapolis in the United States of America.

GENEVA – Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that devastated communities in Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces. The storm d...

While recent developments bring hope and a chance for peace and stability, they also underscore the immense challenges facing displaced Syrians inside the country and refugees abroad.   The situation ...

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous after years of civil war.

After 14 years of conflict, recent developments in Syria have raised hopes that the world’s largest forced displacement crisis may finally be resolved, but the future remains uncertain.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the recent surge of people arriving in South Sudan in need of protection and assistance, with tens of thousands of people fleeing fresh violence in border a...