UNHCR: World leaders must act to reverse the trend of soaring displacement

UNHCR concerned by Hungary’s latest measures affecting access to asylum

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, deplores the recent decision of the Hungarian government to extend a decree that authorizes the police to automatically and summarily remove anyone intercepted for irregular entry and stay.

Europe felt like a “desert” to refugee arriving from Egypt

Kareem Tuha describes the social isolation he experienced in his first months in Prague

UNHCR warns asylum under attack at Europe’s borders, urges end to pushbacks and violence against refugees

Alarmed at the increasing frequency of expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land and sea borders, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for states to investigate and halt these practices.

UNHCR at 70: proud of our work but in no mood to celebrate

For seven decades, colleagues in the UN Refugee Agency have protected, saved and changed millions of lives. But how much better it would be, says High Commissioner Filippo Grandi, if no one was compelled to flee at all…