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UNHCR has a global network of information officers and others who report daily on the agency's varied activities on behalf of uprooted people around the world. This information is released locally to media and others, or sent to Geneva headquarters for editing before it is released in the form of press releases, web stories or by the UNHCR spokesperson at twice-weekly briefings at the Palais des Nations, the UN's European headquarters. UNHCR's presence in more than 110 countries, including in some of the most remote and difficult places on Earth, gives it access to news and information that are not available from anyone else. Our global communications network strives to provide timely, accurate and newsworthy information on all of the UNHCR's activities to generate awareness of and support for the refugee cause. First-hand reports, feature stories and graphics from distant field operations as well as from Geneva headquarters and world capitals are posted daily on the UNHCR website, making it an authoritative source on some of the biggest news events of the day.
Latest News from UNHCR
Cooperation between states in the Americas vital to protect refugees in migration flows
A regional conference on refugee protection and mixed migration in the Americas gets under way with call on states to cooperate over the issue.
UNHCR uses food to boost class attendance in camps for Angolans
UNHCR embarks on a school feeding programme to increase class attendance and reduce malnutrition at two settlements for Angolan refugees in Zambia.
Q&A: Building latrines for thousands of displaced every year
UNHCR’s senior water and sanitation officer visits refugees camps around the world to plan and build water and sanitation systems, including latrines.
Caribbean conundrums as UNHCR strives to protect refugees
Every year, thousands of people try to reach North America via the Caribbean. UNHCR is providing vital pieces in the protection jigsaw that covers the region.
The Jungle is empty, but UNHCR still helps migrants in northern France
Weeks after a makeshift camp was dismantled in Calais, UNHCR continues to seek out and advise migrants and asylum-seekers along France’s northern coast.
Briefing Notes
Refugee information presented in twice-weekly press briefings in Geneva.
- South Africa: UNHCR condemns xenophobic violence in Western Cape
- Thailand: UNHCR calls for end of three-year detention of Lao Hmong
- New wave of internal displacement in Yemen
- DRC: New details emerging on recent ethnic clashes in Congo
- Yemen: UNHCR extremely concerned about conflict escalation
Press Releases
Current and archived UNHCR press releases.
- Press Release: Displaced Yemenis killed in hostilities
- Press Release: Iraqis, Afghans and Somalis top list of asylum seekers in industrialized world
- UNHCR concerned about safety of displaced persons in Sri Lanka
- ExCom: Increasingly complex conflicts imperil humanitarian action, UNHCR chief tells annual meeting
- Press Release: UNHCR shocked by civilian deaths in Yemen