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UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi meets families displaced by war inside Ukraine.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for immediate end to Ukraine war, which has uprooted over 10 million people

31 March 2022

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UNHCR and Islamic Development Bank Launch Global Islamic Fund for Refugees

31 March 2022

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Panama. Refugees and migrants brave hazardous jungles of Darien Gap on their way north

Number of Venezuelans crossing the Darien Gap soars

29 March 2022

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Poland. High Commissioner visits Medyka Polish border crossing and reception centre

Football unites in global appeal for the United Nations response to Ukraine

29 March 2022

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Philippines. UNHCR supports government drive to give foundlings citizenship

UNHCR lauds Philippines' accession to 1961 statelessness convention

25 March 2022

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Ukraine. Internally displaced families flee to Lviv to escape conflict further east

News comment: Without international solidarity, Ukraine's displacement crisis could turn into catastrophe

24 March 2022

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Kenya. Margaret Monday Dominic, 15 plays football with her friends and classmates

FC Barcelona and UNHCR unite for forcibly displaced children worldwide

24 March 2022

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Austria. UNHCR supports refugees departing from Moldova to Austria under a humanitarian admission programme.

IOM, UNHCR welcome the first flights of refugees out of Moldova to EU Member States

22 March 2022

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High Commissioner's message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21 March 2022

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UNHCR condemns deadly attack on displaced people in DR Congo

21 March 2022

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for greater support for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan

18 March 2022

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Poland. UNHCR Staff meets refugees from Ukraine crossing into Poland at Medyka border crossing

Poland welcomes more than two million refugees from Ukraine

18 March 2022

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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine