South Sudan: When Bullets Fly
There is no time to think when gunfire erupts. Especially when you are a 12-year-old child.
South Sudanese surgeon wins 2018 Nansen Refugee Award
Evan Atar Adaha is honoured for his outstanding 20-year commitment in providing medical services to people forced to flee conflict.
Forced Displacement above 68 Million in 2017, New Global Deal on Refugees Critical
Displacement occurred at a rate of one person every 2 seconds
UNHCR says stabilizing ‘caravan’ situation urgently important
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has mobilized staff and resources to southern Mexico since Thursday, following the arrival at the Mexico/Guatemala border of thousands of people as part of a ‘caravan’ of refugees and migrants travelling from Honduras. As of...
Refugee speakers steal show at historic TEDx event
Tens of thousands tune in to first ever TEDx in a refugee camp.
Angelina Jolie visits West Mosul, where Iraqi families are returning home to ruins
The UNHCR Special Envoy met with families who survived years of terror and displacement. Although the world seems to have forgotten them, they are determined to rebuild.
UNHCR dispatches over 1,300 emergency tents for families displaced by Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
The UN refugee agency also calls for funds to aid survivors of the disaster
‘In all my life, I’ve not known even five minutes of peace’
Four generations of a Rohingya refugee family describe how statelessness has clouded their lives – and their hopes of returning to Myanmar.
UNHCR assessing urgent humanitarian needs of Guatemalans affected by volcano
Nine days on from the first eruption of Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is concerned for the more than 1.7 million people now estimated to be affected by this humanitarian tragedy. According to official data as of yesterday, 12,784...