UNHCR warns against apathy and inaction amid spike in forced displacement
Overall numbers rise to 120 million by May 2024; conflicts from Sudan to Gaza and Myanmar are creating new displacement and urgently require resolution. GENEVA – Forced displacement surged to historic new levels across the globe last year and this, according to the...
UNHCR calls for solidarity with refugees during its 2024 World Refugee Day commemoration
Bangkok – On 6 June, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commemorates World Refugee Day in Thailand by lighting up Siam Paragon, Thailand’s first largest world-class shopping centre and entertainment complex and screening the movie “ALLIHOPA: THE DALKURD...
IOC Refugee Olympic Team to represent more than 100 million displaced people at the Olympic Games Paris 2024
Thirty-six athletes from 11 different countries, hosted by 15 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and competing across 12 sports were named today as members of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024. The announcement was made by the International Olympic Committee...
UNHCR: LGBTIQ+ refugees need inclusion, fulsome support
Statement marking the 2024 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia attributed to UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi GENEVA – Today, on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we at UNHCR, the UN...
Thailand takes transformative actions to resolve statelessness by officially joining the Global Alliance to End Statelessness
On 29 April, UNHCR welcomed the Royal Thai Government’s (RTG) official move to formally join membership to the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, demonstrating the country’s continued commitment to resolving and preventing statelessness. The Global Alliance...
UNHCR supports Brazil’s response to devastating floods
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees homeless as fire blazes through camp in Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s Bazar, 7 January 2024 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its humanitarian partners are scrambling to respond to the latest devastating fire that ravaged through Camp 5, one of the 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar that make the largest refugee camp in the world. Nearly...
Climate change and displacement: the myths and the facts
Five myths busted about the climate crisis and displacement. The climate crisis and human displacement are increasingly interconnected. Not only did climate-related disasters trigger more than half of new reported displacements in 2022, but nearly 60 per cent of...
Survivors of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan struggle to recover
A large crowd has gathered in Rubat Perzada village, in Injil District, in Afghanistan’s western Herat Province, as residents wait to receive desperately needed aid, one month on from the series of devastating earthquakes that shook the province. The disaster...
