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To fight climate change, the world must learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and act with urgency, or risk far-reaching and lethal consequences for people who are forced from their homes, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Gillian Triggs said today. “The highest cost will be the cost of doing nothing,” […]

As of 21 November 2020, more than 1,125 forcibly displaced families (~5,625 individuals) have been able to return to their homes in Patikul, Sulu, after being forced to flee due to armed conflict.

Thanks to your kindness, families living in the most remote areas of Mindanao now have access to handwashing facilities and clean water supply. Together, we will continue to reach out to the most vulnerable communities.

Joint Closing Announcement by Co-Hosts

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The consequences of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, deteriorating socio-economic conditions, protracted displacement and the critical shortfall in solutions to displacement are leading to widespread despair among refugees, warns UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today. Joining the World Health Organization in observing World Mental Health Day today, UNHCR is urging the […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the House of Representatives’ approval on third reading of the Foundling Welfare Act, a crucial piece of legislation that would allow foundlings—a population recognized by the Philippines as at risk of statelessness—to be recognized as Filipino citizens and allow access to government programs and […]

International standards of refugee protection have been severely tested in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s, international protection chief said today. In a key annual address to UNHCR’s annual Executive Committee meeting in Geneva, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, said measures enacted […]

In the past six months, UNHCR has mobilized quickly to support the government-led response to COVID-19 in the Philippines. Help us continue to deliver sustainable & vital services including health, water, sanitation and hygiene to many more forcibly displaced families.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Philippine Government’s expression of willingness to accept refugees and forcibly displaced people, including Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s address to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September.