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Philippine Supreme Court hosts UNHCR Hope Away From Home exhibit
15 Jun 2024UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has brought its Hope Away From Home exhibit to the Philippine Supreme Court weeks ahead of the global and national commemoration that highlights the experience and resilience of the forcibly displaced and stateless. Welcoming guests during the launch on 10 June 2024, Associate Justice Ramon […]
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UNHCR lauds Philippine Government launch of 1st National Refugee Day commemoration
15 Jun 2024UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed the commitment of ownership that was the highlight of the government press launch for the 1st National Refugee Day commemoration in the Philippines for 2024. “UNHCR has always led in the commemoration of World Refugee Day here in the country, but starting this year […]
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Japan grants US$5.5M aid to improve access to birth registration of marginalized populations in BARMM
12 Jun 2024The Government of Japan has approved a grant aid of ¥858,000,000 (approximately US$5.5 million) to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for a 30-month initiative to improve access to birth registration services of marginalized populations in the Philippines’ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). While the national birth registration rate […]
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Placing protection at the heart of Philippine private sector emergency response
16 May 2024UNHCR-PDRF collaboration to mainstream the centrality of protection in the emergency response for and with IDPs
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UNHCR, PhilJA hold first-ever Judiciary training on the Rule on Facilitated Naturalization of Refugees and Stateless Persons
18 Apr 2024Exactly two years since the media launch of the Philippines’ Rule on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Persons, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in formal partnership with the Philippine Judicial Academy (PhilJA), held the inaugural training on the Rule on Facilitated Naturalization of Refugees and Stateless Persons, aiming to […]
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UNHCR, Senator Legarda launch photo exhibition on resilience of forcibly displaced and stateless women and girls
15 Mar 2024Women and girls in the contexts of forced displacement and statelessness face increased vulnerability to violence and discrimination. For International Women’s Day and National Women’s Month, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has partnered with Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda for a photo exhibition that highlights the experience and resilience […]
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UNHCR and UNIQLO unveil “Hope Away from Home” graphic shirt collection to support refugees
22 Feb 2024Today, UNIQLO and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched the “Hope Away from Home” graphic shirt collection, created to support refugees. Featuring designs by five young artists from refugee and host communities, the shirts are available in select UNIQLO stores in 12 countries. Profits will aid UNHCR’s efforts to address […]
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Over 1,300 at risk of statelessness receive birth certificates in Maguindanao and BaSulTa
12 Feb 2024A total of 1,377 Sama Bajau and unregistered children in the context of forced displacement due to armed conflict and their families in four (4) far-flung municipalities located in Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi received their birth certificates in 2023. The 2020 Census of Population and Housing released by Philippines […]
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PH submits more than 24 new pledges in 2nd Global Refugee Forum
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House of Representatives stands in solidarity with the forcibly displaced, stateless and at risk of statelessness for World Humanitarian Day
22 Aug 2023UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on 14 to 17 August 2023 held its World Humanitarian Day photo exhibit and legislative forum at the House of Representatives together with its partner legislators and the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD). “Many have risked their lives in working to save […]