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UNHCR-PDRF collaboration to mainstream the centrality of protection in the emergency response for and with IDPs

Exactly two years since the media launch of the Philippines’ Rule on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Persons, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in formal partnership with the Philippine Judicial Academy (PhilJA), held the inaugural training on the Rule on Facilitated Naturalization of Refugees and Stateless Persons, aiming to […]

Women and girls in the contexts of forced displacement and statelessness face increased vulnerability to violence and discrimination. For International Women’s Day and National Women’s Month, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has partnered with Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda for a photo exhibition that highlights the experience and resilience […]

Today, UNIQLO and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched the “Hope Away from Home” graphic shirt collection, created to support refugees. Featuring designs by five young artists from refugee and host communities, the shirts are available in select UNIQLO stores in 12 countries. Profits will aid UNHCR’s efforts to address […]

A total of 1,377 Sama Bajau and unregistered children in the context of forced displacement due to armed conflict and their families in four (4) far-flung municipalities located in Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi received their birth certificates in 2023. The 2020 Census of Population and Housing released by Philippines […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on 14 to 17 August 2023 held its World Humanitarian Day photo exhibit and legislative forum at the House of Representatives together with its partner legislators and the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD).   “Many have risked their lives in working to save […]

Almost a year since the arrival of the first batch of Rohingya scholars, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the Government of the Philippines on Tuesday, 22 August 2023, welcomed another batch of scholars who are set to pursue higher education under the Complementary Pathways (CPath) programme.  “UNHCR commends […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Monday unveiled its World Humanitarian Day photo exhibit and upcoming legislative forum at the House of Representatives together with its partner legislators and the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD). “This partnership is made even more significant by the recent passage of […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Philippines’ approval on the third and final reading of a bill in the House of Representatives that seeks to protect, uphold, and fulfil the rights of internally displaced people (IDP). The Philippines stands to become the first country in Southeast Asia to have […]