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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi’s message on World Refugee Day 2025

High Commissioner Filippo Grandi’s message on World Refugee Day 2025

Ελληνικά Today is World Refugee Day – a day to honour the courage and resilience of millions of people around the globe forced to flee war, violence and persecution. But it is also a moment to sound an alarm on their behalf. Record numbers of men, women and children –...

UNHCR statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis

UNHCR statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis

Ελληνικά UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Catholics around the world and to all those mourning the loss of a compassionate and courageous moral leader. Pope Francis was...

UNHCR: Needs intensify as 400,000 Syrians return

UNHCR: Needs intensify as 400,000 Syrians return

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