
The Nobel laureate who tackles themes of displacement, history and home
Abdulrazak Gurnah reflects on the isolation and hostility he had to face as a young man – and argues in favour of more humane attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers.
28 Apr 2022

News comment: UNHCR's Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection
27 Apr 2022

UN Refugee Agency opposes UK plan to export asylum
14 Apr 2022

UNHCR lauds Philippines' accession to 1961 statelessness convention
25 Mar 2022

Stateless girl in Croatia dreams of having "papers"
Without documents proving her nationality, nine-year-old Medina risks being excluded from education, health care and travel.
9 Mar 2022

Without documents, women at high risk of gender-based violence
UNHCR is advocating for women and girls in South Africa to acquire identity documents which can help reduce the risk of statelessness, and physical and psychological abuse.
15 Dec 2021

UNHCR: World must turn COP26 words into action for forcibly displaced and stateless people
12 Nov 2021

Birth registration drive brings Congo's indigenous in from the shadows
A campaign by the Republic of the Congo and UNHCR provides birth certificates to thousands of Congolese at risk of statelessness, including indigenous people
11 Nov 2021

UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world's stateless
4 Nov 2021