Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

Forcibly displaced people worldwide at mid-2025 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.

Actor, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and mother of four Cate Blanchett is the final guest of this season’s award-winning podcast series Awake at Night, hosted by the UN Refugee Agency. A Goodwill ...

In line with UNHCR’s roadmap document, formal consultations on the draft text of the Global Compact on Refugees commenced in 2018. The compact consists of two parts: the comprehensive refugee response ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about reports of the forced return of a Zimbabwean asylum-seeker by Zambia to his country of origin. A senior Zimbabwean politician expressed the ...

There are many ways you can help UNHCR. One is to make a donation, which will go straight towards our worldwide field operations. It's an easy process and you can give however much you want – ...

في ختام زيارة له استمرت لأسبوعٍ إلى رومانيا ومولدوفا، أعرب مساعد المفوض السامي لشؤون العمليات رؤوف مازو عن تقديره للتضامن الاستثنائي الذي ...

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Our priorities are to promote enabling conditions for voluntary repatriation, to ensure the exercise of a free and informed choice, and to mobilize support for returnees. In practice, we promote and ...

GENEVA – The majority of refugees from Ukraine hope to return home as soon as possible but around two-thirds expect to stay in their current host countries until hostilities subside and the security ...

There are over 53 million internally displaced people in the world today who are living in countries devastated by conflict, violence and disasters. With internal displacement rising for the 15 th ...

Every night before bed, Lourena Gboeah and her four-year-old daughter, Moriah, read stories together. This month, they have focused on books by African American authors. Moriah’s favorite is Max and ...