News Stories
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Sustainable response key to ongoing Rohingya displacement
3 Jul 2018UN refugee chief says investment in education, healthcare and infrastructure is needed to support Rohingya refugees and their hosts in Bangladesh.
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Ben Stiller appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
2 Jul 2018Meeting refugees in Guatemala this week, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller calls for action and solidarity with refugees around the world.
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More international support needed for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, say UN and World Bank chiefs
2 Jul 2018UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges donors to “step up to the plate,” as Jim Yong Kim says World Bank stands in solidarity with refugees.
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Monsoon rains highlight needs of Rohingya refugees
1 Jul 2018UN and World Bank chiefs head to Bangladesh to seek support for nearly a million Rohingya refugees facing ongoing displacement from Myanmar.
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Needs of displaced Marawi residents underscored on World Refugee Day
21 Jun 2018To bring the commemoration of World Refugee Day closer to our persons of concern, UNHCR distributed core relief items to some 300 families in Marawi City.
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Forced displacement above 68m, new global deal on refugees critical
19 Jun 2018Across all countries, one in every 110 persons is someone displaced.
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Angelina Jolie visits Mosul, urges world not to forget the people of the city
16 Jun 2018UNHCR Special Envoy meets families who survived years of terror and displacement and who are now striving to rebuild their homes and lives.
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First monsoons sweep Bangladesh refugee settlements amid ongoing emergency response
13 Jun 2018Torrential rains and winds up to 70 kilometers per hour caused at least 89 reported incidents, including 37 landslide incidents, causing several injuries and one confirmed fatality – a child. Nearly 2,500 refugee families, some 11,000 people in all, are affected.
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UNHCR and UNDP agree on text of MoU with Myanmar to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees
6 Jun 2018This tripartite Memorandum will establish a framework for cooperation aimed at creating the conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees to their places of origin or of their choosing.
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States, UN, partners in new joint push to help people displaced in their own countries
18 Apr 2018Joint press release by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, and UNHCR.