UNHCR and UNICEF jointly raise awareness in Norway about refugee children
With a graffiti-painted container in the middle of Oslo for the month of December, UNHCR and UNICEF spotlight the plight of millions of displaced children.
Iceland provides vital support to the urgent displacement crisis in the Sahel
Moumouni Abdoulaye is amongst the 2.7 million people in Africa’s Sahel region forced to flee from home in search for safety. A new contribution from Iceland enables UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to protect refugees like him and his family.
UN General Assembly extends mandate for High Commissioner Grandi
The United Nations General Assembly today renewed the mandate of Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a further two-and-a-half-year-period.
Estonia helps refugees make a “tiger leap“
A global advocate for digital development is assisting refugees from Uganda to Ukraine to learn IT skills.
New report points to continuous gaps in protection of stateless persons in Norway
Today, a UNHCR-commissioned report analyzing the legal practice on statelessness in Norway is launched. Commending Norway’s commitment to end statelessness, UNHCR reiterates its concrete recommendations to the country in this area.
UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history
2020 will be a record low for refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns today.
Stories from the Field: “This region has a long history of helping displaced people”
An interview with our Norwegian colleague Halfdan (Hago) Kjetland in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024
COVID-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today. Marking the sixth anniversary of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign, aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, Grandi called on world leaders...
UNHCR issues report on statelessness in Denmark
UNHCR’s mapping of statelessness in Denmark, prepared in collaboration with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Danish authorities, is published today.
Stories from the Field: “My daily work is about finding practical ways for people to live independent lives in safety and dignity”
An interview with our Swedish colleague Karolina Lindholm Billing in Beirut, Lebanon.
75 Years of the United Nations – and UNHCR being more important than ever
On 24 October 2020, the United Nations celebrates its 75th anniversary.
Observations from UNHCR on draft law on deprivation of Estonian citizenship
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to Estonia’s draft law (217) to complement the Citizenship Act, addressing deprivation of Estonian citizenship. The law proposal seeks to give the Government discretionary powers to deprive naturalised...