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...
UNHCR ready to provide further humanitarian assistance for those fleeing to Armenia
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the increasing number of refugees fleeing into Armenia in recent days. UNHCR is calling for the protection of civilians and full respect of international humanitarian and refugee law. As of this afternoon, the...
UNHCR scales up humanitarian response in flood-ravaged eastern Libya as tens of thousands are newly displaced
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its teams in Libya are scaling up operations to respond to the fast-growing needs of thousands of internally displaced people, refugees and others affected by the devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel. Storm Daniel hit eastern...