Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.
Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.
We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.
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I’m at the Syrian/Lebanese border, where a quarter of a million people have crossed since 23 September — when Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon escalated.
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) October 7, 2024
The local authorities, @SYRedCrescent, @UN and partners are working 24/7 with UNHCR to ensure a humane, efficient welcome. pic.twitter.com/P8Zk4BG1f0
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Lebanon emergency
The devastating bombings in Lebanon are claiming innocent lives and forcing thousands to flee their homes, including refugees in Lebanon.
Since October 2023 UNHCR and partners have been supporting with essential relief to both Lebanese citizens and refugees, including core relief items, cash assistance and rehabilitation of collective shelters, as well as psychosocial support. We are rapidly scaling up our efforts, but families urgently need shelter, blankets, clean water, cash assistance, and medical care and will need your support to continue efforts to assist recently displaced people.
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UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report
UNHCR Mid-Year Trends report 2024
UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report covers key statistical trends on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons for the first six months of 2024.
At the end of June 2024, 122.6 million people worldwide remained forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order. This represents an increase of 5 per cent, or 5.3 million people, compared to the end of 2023.
For more than 12 years the number of people remaining forcibly displaced has continued to grow. Greater efforts by the international community to share responsibilities and find durable solutions are needed to reverse the trend.
