UNHCR to launch first Global Refugee Forum
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is pleased to announce the first ever Global Refugee Forum, which will take place on 17 and 18 December 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event, which is being held at Ministerial level, will be co-hosted with Switzerland and co-convened...
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day 2018
Today, World Refugee Day, is a time for solidarity with refugees – and with the communities that welcome them. As conflicts emerge, recur, persist and deepen, 68.5 million people are uprooted around the world. Nine out of ten are in their own countries or countries...
Worldwide displacement tops 70 million
The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the highest level that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has seen in its almost 70 years. Data from UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, released today, shows that almost 70.8...
Serbian director receives international film price: Refugees are like you and me “Anywhere”.
In 2018, the UN Refugee Agency supported the Film Society (DUFS) of Dhaka University to add a segment “Short Film on Refugees” to its annual International Inter-University Short Film Festival (IIUSF). The 10 min short “Anywhere” by Serbian director Aleksandar Aleksic,...
Round table on the protection of unaccompanied and separated asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children in Serbia
Among 4,500 refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Serbia, some 500 are unaccompanied and separated children. In the first two months of 2019, UNHCR and partners identified 276 new unaccompanied and separated children. Wishing to focus on this specific group, the UN...
Six people died each day attempting to cross Mediterranean in 2018, UNHCR reports shows
Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, as cuts in search and rescue operations reinforced its position as the world’s deadliest sea crossing. The latest ‘Desperate Journeys’ report,...
Publication “Situation and Needs of Internally Displaced Persons:” presented
The publication of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration on the situation and needs of internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija (KiM), developed with support from the Representation of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Serbia, was presented in...
Four years into its #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness, UNHCR calls for more resolute action by states
Four years after the launch of a decade-long campaign to eradicate statelessness globally, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called today on states to take faster and more resolute action to help meet the campaign goal. Important results have been achieved since November...
Serbia may eradicate statelessness within a few years
Serbia has made excellent progress in the prevention and reduction of statelessness. Should it decide to enact a few outstanding strategic measures stipulated in the Global Action Plan for Eradication of Statelessness, the Republic of Serbia could eliminate...