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Four more schools in the Philippines will be granting scholarships to select Rohingya youth as part of a landmark national programme providing a durable solution to Rohingya refugees in the region. San Beda University (SBU) in Manila, St. Louis University (SLU) in Baguio City, Tarlac State University (TSU), and the […]

Attributable to Maria Ermina Valdeavilla-Gallardo, UNHCR Philippines Head of National Office

As the conflict in Sudan fuels a humanitarian catastrophe in the country and a refugee crisis beyond its borders, donors at a United Nations-backed event today announced nearly US$1.5 billion to fund life-saving relief efforts in Sudan and the region and called on parties in Sudan to immediately end the […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean, the worst in several years. While the number of people onboard the boat, which capsized on 14 June […]

Increase last year was driven by war in Ukraine and revised estimates for Afghan refugees; further fighting, especially in Sudan, has now pushed global total to 110 million.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, marked Atom Araullo’s fourth year as National Goodwill Ambassador and announced the Philippines’ first ever Refugee Film Festival with the theme ‘Hope Away From Home’. “We are grateful that Atom continues to lend his storytelling expertise to shine a light on the plight of refugees, […]

On 19 April 2023, the Philippine Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, renewed a decade-long Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides free legal assistance, counselling, and representation to refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons and other people we serve. “Through our mutual cooperation the past decade, the […]

This is a summary of what was said by Axel Bisshop, UNHCR Representative in Sudan – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is very concerned that the ongoing, brutal conflict in Sudan is now forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in search of safety both within the country and across its borders. Humanitarian needs in Sudan were already enormous […]

GENEVA — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is greatly alarmed by the escalating violence in Sudan as the first refugees fleeing the fighting have found safety in Chad. In the past days, an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people have fled the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring Chad, […]