News comment: Without international solidarity, Ukraine’s displacement crisis could turn into catastrophe
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for greater support for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan
Dushanbe — Concluding a two-day visit to Tajikistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on the international community to redouble its support for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan and throughout the region. In Dushanbe, Grandi was received by the...
Members of Kazakhstan Parliament review statelessness eradication efforts
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan – Today the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, government and civil society partners briefed Members of Parliament on progress and key issues related to statelessness in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and discussed solutions to eradicate it. The...
UNHCR commends efforts of Central Asian states to end statelessness
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Central Asian states’ membership of the United Nations, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends their progress towards eradicating statelessness. In 2021, over 46,000 stateless persons acquired a nationality in Kazakhstan,...
20 tons of humanitarian cargo arrives in Tajikistan as part of refugee emergency preparedness action
Dushanbe, 18 February 2022 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Tajikistan received 20 tons of humanitarian cargo provided by the European Union and the Government of Japan that arrived in Tajikistan through the Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan. The delivery is part of...
UNHCR strengthens cooperation with the Ministry of Labour to improve the asylum system in Kyrgyzstan
On 23 December 2021 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, handed over computer and office equipment in the amount of KGS 1,560,832 to the Migration Department of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic for employees of territorial...
UNHCR donates additional prefabricated housing units to the Red Crescent Society of the Kyrgyz Republic
On 16 December 2021 the National Office of the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, donated 48 new prefabricated refugee housing units (RHUs) worth 6,275,286 Kyrgyz som to the Red Crescent Society of the Kyrgyz Republic. Made through the Disaster Response Coordination Unit...
UNHCR sends humanitarian aid to Afghanistan through Termez in Uzbekistan
On 15 December 2021, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, trucked humanitarian goods from Termez, Uzbekistan, to Afghanistan. The delivery is part of UNHCR’s aid effort to Afghanistan and a massive operation to provide life-saving aid to the people of Afghanistan. The...
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Manizha visits Almaty as part of a global campaign against gender-based violence
On 9 December as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, singer, finalist of Eurovision 2021 and UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Russia Goodwill Ambassador Manizha arrived in Almaty. The singer visits Kazakhstan as a founder of the SILSILA Foundation...
News Comment: UNHCR: Afghans Struggle to Seek Safety as Borders Remain Shut to Most
Bangkok, 1 December 2021 This news comment is attributable Indrika Ratwatte, Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by escalating risks faced by Afghans seeking to flee into neighbouring...
UNHCR urges support to address worsening gender-based violence impact on refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls
The following statement is attributable to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence. Today, given the prolonged human rights and socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,...