UNHCR and Kurdistan Regional Government Inaugurate new registration center in Erbil with support from Kuwait Fund
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Iraq, in cooperation with the Kurdistan Regional Government and Ministry of Interior, with generous financial support from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, opened a new registration center in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq,...
UNHCR and Ministry of Interior hold conference in Baghdad to discuss the way forward to end statelessness in Iraq
Thanks to its legal framework to reduce and prevent statelessness, thousands of stateless persons or those at risk of statelessness in Iraq have acquired Iraqi nationality over the years. However, some individuals are still suffering from the impact of not having the...
16 Days of Activism: UN calls for action now to end gender-based violence against women and girls in all its forms
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the United Nations (UN) in Iraq launches the 16 days of Activism campaign for 2022, and renews its commitment to UNiTe with our national Iraqi partners in addressing violence against women...
Two months into the implementation of the Refugee Education Integration Policy, UNHCR meets with refugee children, their parents and teachers to discuss its positive impact
Today, a delegation from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency visited Raber Primary School in Kasnazan town, Erbil Governorate, where students from refugee and local communities attend school together. With the start of the 2022/2023 academic school year, the Ministry of...
Angela Merkel to receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany, will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. Each year, the award – named after the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian Fridtjof...
UNHCR statement
UNHCR is gravely concerned about today’s attack, which impacted the Iranian refugee settlements in Koya, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The attack is reported to have resulted in a number of civilian casualties and injuries, including Iranian refugees – among them are...
Back to Learning Campaign is launched in the KRI to improve access to quality education for out-of-school children and welcome Syrian refugee children into the public school system
Starting this year, the Refugee Education Integration Policy (REIP) was introduced to support Syrian refugee children to access quality, inclusive and sustainable education through the public system and to further their integration and participation in community life...
Celebrating 30 years of excellence of the German DAFI scholarship programme
This year marks 30 years of the DAFI (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative) scholarship programme. This program offers qualified refugee and returnee students all over the world the possibility to earn an undergraduate college degree in their country of...
UNHCR project supports electricity network in Qushtapa; stability and more hours of electricity for local population
Under the patronage of HE Governor of Erbil and in the presence of the Director of the General Directorate of Electricity and the UNHCR Officer-in-Charge, a new electricity feeder-line and transformer were inaugurated in Qushtapa sub-district on 25 July. The project,...