UNHCR congratulates the Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team
Ελληνικά UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, celebrates today’s announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of the Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team. After years of training, 29 refugee athletes will head to Tokyo in July to participate at this summer’s games....
More concerted action needed to better protect LGBTIQ+ people forced from home
A landmark international conference opened today to address the urgent need to better protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) people around the world who have fled violence or persecution and are seeking refuge inside their own...
News comment by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Denmark’s new law on the transfer of asylum-seekers to third countries
Today, the Danish Parliament approved amendments to the Danish Aliens Act. The amendments will enter into effect if Denmark secures a formal agreement with a third country. This could see the forcible transfer of asylum-seekers and the abdication of Denmark’s...
Youth with Refugees Art Contest
Ελληνικά Be creative and help refugees The theme of the 2021 art contest is “Together through sport”. It sheds light on the power of sport to bring people together and create a sense of hope. This year, you can send us an illustration and enter our #dreamball design...
Statement: No-one is safe until everyone is safe – why we need a global response to COVID-19
Equitable vaccine distribution is a humanitarian imperative There is a choice. The world of the next 10 years can be one of greater justice, abundance and dignity. Or it can be one of conflict, insecurity and poverty. We are at a turning point. COVID-19 has been a...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi’s message on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Ελληνικά Today on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, I am thinking of the LGBTIQ+ refugees I’ve met – too many – for whom abuse and indignity has become a daily reality. Sadly, the pain often begins in their own homes, with their own families –...