Job Opening: Communications Intern (JR2451662)
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Staff Member / Affiliate Type: Internship Target Start Date: 2025-02-01 Deadline to Apply: 24 January 2025 Terms of Reference Organizational context: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a...
A Year of Turmoil: Conflicts, Crises and Displacement in 2024
Even by the standards of recent years, 2024 was a year of turmoil in which new conflicts erupted, existing crises seethed, and climate-fueled disasters multiplied. As a result, the number of people forced to flee their homes by conflict and persecution reached...
UNHCR urges continued protection and support for Syrians inside and outside the country
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Rema Jamous Imseis – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR urges more support for Syria and safety for aid workers as humanitarian activities slowly resume
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Syria, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Syria: UNHCR comment on asylum processing suspension and returns
This is a summary of remarks made by Shabia Mantoo, Global Spokesperson for UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), at the regular UN Press Briefing in Geneva.
Statement on Syria by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
Ελληνικά Syria is at a crossroads – between peace and war, stability and lawlessness, reconstruction or further ruin. After 14 years of conflict, recent developments bring hope that the suffering of the Syrian people may finally end, and that the world’s largest...