UNHCR appeals for immediate rescue of Rohingya refugees in distress on the Andaman Sea
This news comment is attributable Indrika Ratwatte, Director of the UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. BANGKOK, Thailand – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress on the Andaman Sea...
UNHCR welcomes Mexico’s reforms to protect rights of child refugees and asylum-seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the entry into force of important new measures in Mexico to protect the rights of child refugees and asylum-seekers, including the end of immigration detention for boys and girls. Under the reforms, no children, either...
UNHCR joins response to victims of hurricane in Central America and Mexico
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has deployed teams to assist relief efforts in Central America and southern Mexico, where an estimated three million people have been affected by hurricane and tropical storm Eta, in what is considered to be one of the worst...
Q&A: ‘Including refugees in the vaccine rollout is key to ending the pandemic’
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working to ensure that some 80 million forcibly displaced people in more than 100 countries are included in rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, among them 29.6 million refugees. Mike Woodman, a UNHCR senior public health...
Number of Central African refugees soars as violence intensifies
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Humanitarian crisis deepens amid ongoing clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Jordan
Jordan has become one of the world’s first countries to start COVID-19 vaccinations for refugees, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reports. Raia Alkabasi, an Iraqi refugee living in the northern city of Irbid, was the first UNHCR-registered refugee in the country to...
Forced displacement passes 80 million by mid-2020 as COVID-19 tests refugee protection globally
While a full picture for 2020 is yet to be established, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year, according to a report on trends in global forced displacement released in December 2020. At the beginning...
Seven-month ordeal at sea takes toll on Rohingya refugees in Indonesia
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.