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Hope Away From Home

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Call on world leaders to protect people seeking asylum and their rights.
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Services for Refugees

UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution, war or disaster at home.

Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.

We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.

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Refugee stories from around the region
From Sudan to Vietnam, these refugee stories are vastly different. But they all share one thing in common: being forced to flee. Read about why they fled, the challenges they've faced and be inspired by their resilience.
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2023 Youth Art Contest: “Hope away from home”
What if your creativity had the power to spread hope? 💙 We are calling on young people globally to submit a drawing that illustrates the power of including refugees. This year, the best designs will be turned into t-shirts by our partner UNIQLO and sold to support displaced people globally!
Sweden. Resettlement provides lifeline for Syrian family
Resettlement to New Zealand
Colombia. Venezuelans risk life and limb to seek help in Colombia
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Mozambique. UNHCR GWA Leanne Manas live on SABC News in Maratane refugee settlement
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Afghanistan. UNHCR supports internally displaced families in Kabul priority area
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Key facts and figures

108.4 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced.
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As of the end of 2022 
Source: UNHCR Global Trends 2022, 14 June 2023

Most refugees – 76 per cent – are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
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As of the end of 2022 
Disclaimer: figures do not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding.
Source: UNHCR Global Trends 2022, 14 June 2023

Teaching Resources

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Discover a collection of UNHCR teaching materials on refugees, asylum and migration for primary and secondary education, as well as some guidance for teachers working with refugee children in the classroom. 

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CRISIS APPEAL

Sudan emergency

Intense fighting has broken out in Sudan, with reports of civilians killed and injured in multiple parts of the country.

Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods are reportedly skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Despite attempts at ceasefires, people are being displaced amid the clashes and are fleeing to neighbouring countries like Chad and South Sudan, in urgent need of basic relief items and shelter.

UNHCR teams are on the ground to meet new arrivals and provide life-saving assistance. But as the fighting displaces more people, support is urgently needed to scale up the response.

Sudanese refugees sit in the shade under makeshift shelters in the Chadian desert
© UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune
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Emergency teams deployed to border crossing points in Chad and South Sudan
Supplies of basic relief items like soap and sleeping mats bolstered
Reception centres established to register and identify vulnerable new arrivals
Global Trends 2022 report cover
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DATA AND STATISTICS

UNHCR annual Global Trends report 2022

UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons. 

Ongoing and new conflicts have driven displacement across the world in 2022, seeing the largest ever increase between years according to UNHCR’s statistics on forced displacement. 

With over 108.4 million people forcibly displaced by the end of 2022, the international community must work together to support and show solidarity with people forced to flee.  

View the Global Trends report

 

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A young Rohingya girl holds her little brother
Who we protect
UNHCR protects people forced to flee conflict and persecution. We are there for refugees, asylum-seekers, people displaced within their own country and stateless persons.
A UNHCR staff member shows a group of Rohingya refugees the direction to a transit centre.
What we do
UNHCR delivers life-saving assistance in emergencies, safeguards fundamental human rights, and helps displaced people find a safe place to call home.
A UNHCR staff member helps an elderly Syrian refugee woman to step down from a bus.
Promoting Refugee Protection
UNHCR supports countries to develop national refugee legislation, increase capacity in refugee status determination and introduce protection safeguards in immigration procedures.