The UN Refugee Agency Protection Chief concludes visit to Cyprus, calling for increased protection for refugees
Ελληνικά Nicosia, 20 October – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, concluded a two-day visit to Cyprus today. This was her second visit to the island since 2021. In discussion with Government counterparts,...
Joint Statement on the Occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
This joint statement comes from the Platform of Communication on Protecting Refugee and Asylum-seeking Women from Violence
UN and partners appeal for US$97 million to respond to urgent needs of refugees and their hosts in Armenia
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with UN agencies and NGO partners, is appealing for US$97 million to provide urgent humanitarian aid and protection to refugees and those generously hosting them in Armenia, in support of the government-led response....
A decade after the Lampedusa shipwreck, the continuing tragedies need to end
Joint statement by the Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, Amy E. Pope, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
UNHCR seeking urgent support for humanitarian emergency in Armenia
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Armenia, Kavita Belani – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR News Comment on the importance of the International Refugee Convention
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has taken note of the speech delivered by the UK Home Secretary in Washington today, in which she raised a number of questions regarding the role of the Refugee Convention in the context of today’s global displacement challenges. The...