Former refugee wins global Nansen award for championing education for displaced children
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Abdullahi Mire – a former refugee and journalist who has championed the right to education while putting 100,000 books in the hands of refugee children in Kenya – will be the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award’s 2023...
Joint Statement on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
This joint statement comes from the Platform on Protecting Refugee and Asylum-seeking Women from Violence*
World Children’s Day: For every child, every right
Ελληνικά World Children’s Day gives us the opportunity to reflect on the specific vulnerabilities of refugee children, who make up over half of the world’s refugee population. Many will spend their entire childhood away from home and sometimes separated from their...
UNHCR welcomes the UK Supreme Court judgement on transfer of asylum-seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes today’s judgment by the United Kingdom’s (UK) Supreme Court which found that the proposed transfer of asylum-seekers from the UK to Rwanda under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP) would breach international...
UNHCR: Transfer arrangements of asylum seekers and refugees must respect international refugee law
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is not a party to or involved in the Italy-Albania agreement, which was announced on Monday. UNHCR was not informed about or consulted on the contents of the agreement or its details. We are currently seeking further information from the...
UNHCR reports progress on tackling statelessness
Important results have been achieved worldwide this year to help resolve the devastating impact of statelessness, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reports today as it marks the 9th anniversary of its decade-long #IBelong campaign. In 2023, the Kyrgyz Republic and the...