This news comment is attributable to Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR representative to the United States and the Caribbean While UNHCR is disappointed that the United States has not yet been able to move...
Ethiopia is the third largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering 805,164 registered refugees and asylum-seekers as of 31 March 2021. The overwhelming majority originate from South Sudan,...
DISPLACEMENT OVERVIEW As of the 28th of February, a total number of 51,275 families (232,643 individuals) are currently displaced in Mindanao. Those displaced can be classified into three main...
This month, crossing the contact line remained possible only through two EECPs: Novotroitske in Donetska Oblast and Stanytsia Luhanska in Luhanska Oblast, at a level considerably below the pre-COVID...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the international community not to turn a blind eye to the plight of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum-seekers, as the pandemic exacerbates their...
Joint Press release IOM, UNHCR Geneva/Tunisia – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are deeply saddened by reports of a shipwreck off the coast of...
Aperçu de l’urgence Les affrontements intercommunautaires du Darfour occidental ont provoqué de nouveaux déplacements. Le 15 janvier, dans l'un des camps de déplacés de Krinding, au Darfour...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi praised Pope Francis' holistic approach to global displacement and the needs of the most vulnerable, including those forced to flee their...
Population movement As of 15 April, 5,007 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard and disembarked in Libya. UNHCR and its medical partner,...
EMERGENCY OVERVIEW West Darfur intercommunal clashes led to new displacement On 15 January, in one of the Krinding IDP camps in West Darfur, an Arab man and his son were reportedly stabbed by a...