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Registration gives many Rohingya refugees identification for the first time
17 May 2019 More than 270,000 stateless refugees from Myanmar provided with identity cards in an ongoing registration drive. -
New exhibition in Venice explores the experience of refugees
11 May 2019 Rothko in Lampedusa showcases work by artists such as Ai Weiwei and those of five emerging artists from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast and Somalia who are refugees. -
Supporting Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh
15 Feb 2019 The UN is seeking US$920 million to meet the needs of more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and 330,000 vulnerable residents in Bangladesh host communities. -
UNHCR chief praises Ethiopia's innovative approach to refugees
13 Feb 2019 Filippo Grandi visits groundbreaking projects that improve the lives of refugees and their host communities. -
Angelina Jolie urges end to injustices that have driven nearly one million Rohingya into exile in Bangladesh
7 Feb 2019 Visiting the world's largest refugee settlement, UNHCR's Special Envoy heard testimonies from Rohingya refugees and called for expanded access to education for Rohingya children. -
Fighting water scarcity in Cox's Bazar refugee camps
4 Jan 2019 Minhaj Uddin Ahmed explains how UNHCR has stepped up efforts in Bangladesh to address the massive water and sanitation needs of Rohingya refugees and their hosts. -
Afghan women can become agents of change
27 Nov 2018 Rula Ghani, the First Lady of Afghanistan, says Afghan women are resilient and should be in leadership positions in her country. -
Finding solutions to Afghan displacement key to the future, Grandi says
27 Nov 2018 UN refugee chief tells high-level panel at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan the search for solutions to displacement 'must be intensified.' -
UNHCR flight evacuates 132 refugees from Libya detention
23 Nov 2018 Latest evacuation of vulnerable refugees from Libyan detention centres to Niger for onward solutions brings total helped in past year to almost 2,500.