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The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality
30 Aug 2021Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today, as the international community marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. “New global challenges, such as COVID-19 […]
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‘After the airlift’. News Comment attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
30 Aug 2021The evacuation from Kabul is coming to an end. A larger crisis is just beginning.
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“I hope the focus on Afghanistan will continue. UNHCR is here for the long run.”
26 Aug 2021UNHCR’s Representative in Afghanistan, Caroline Van Buren, describes the current situation in the country and how our staff and partners are helping displaced people.
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Afghanistan
19 Aug 2021The people of Afghanistan need our support now more than ever. Our organizations are committed to helping and protecting them. We will stay in Afghanistan and we will deliver. At the start of 2021, half the population of Afghanistan – including more than 4 million women and nearly 10 million […]
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UNHCR PH lauds Philippine government’s openness to accept Afghan asylum seekers
19 Aug 2021UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is closely monitoring the increasingly volatile security situation in Afghanistan. Since the beginning of the year, over 550,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by conflict, but the recent developments in Kabul have since forced a growing number of Afghan nationals to seek safety outside of […]
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UNHCR issues a non-return advisory for Afghanistan
17 Aug 2021This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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UNHCR warns Afghanistan’s conflict taking the heaviest toll on displaced women and children
13 Aug 2021This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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Emergency Response Teams and refugee volunteers respond to deadly floods in Bangladesh
31 Jul 2021For several days, the incessant downpour of heavy rains and strong winds in southern Bangladesh forced refugees and their hosts to evacuate the refugee sites. Flash floods and landslides have taken six lives and left around 6,400 shelters damaged or destroyed. More than 46,000 refugees have been affected, of which […]
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Deadly floods and landslides hit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
28 Jul 2021UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of six Rohingya refugees as three days of heavy monsoon rains and strong winds pelted massive refugee sites in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday, causing flash floods and landslides. According to initial reports, more than 12,000 refugees have […]
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UNHCR, PAO renew agreement on free legal aid for refugees
12 May 2021MANILA – The Philippine Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide free legal assistance, counselling, and representation to refugees, asylum seekers, and other persons of concern (POC). This is the fourth renewal of the agreement, which was first […]