In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
Ελληνικά DAMASCUS – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and crossed into Syria. Grandi visited the border crossing at...
UNHCR: Attacks on civilians pile fresh misery on Lebanon
This is a summary of what was said by Ivo Freijsen, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR steps up to support displaced from Lebanon crossing into Syria
This is a summary of what was said by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, UNHCR Representative in Syria – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. He was speaking from the Syria-Lebanon border.
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UNHCR scales up support as people flee Lebanon for Syria
Ελληνικά GENEVA – Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people are fleeing Lebanon for Syria in desperation as Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate civilian lives. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up its support to the growing number of displaced people....
UNHCR reminds States of legal obligations to end arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers
Concerned by the arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers by some States, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent reforms to halt this detrimental practice. Releasing its latest advocacy brief today, Unlocking Rights: Towards Ending Immigration Detention for...