News releases

News releases

Latest press releases and briefing notes

UNHCR responds after annual rains claim another victim in Kakuma

9 September 2014

Press releases

Typhoon Haiyan: Rebuilding identities in the central Philippines

8 September 2014

Press releases

Home Alone: South Sudan teenager leads her young siblings to safety in Uganda

4 September 2014

Press releases

Displaced at two weeks old, Rahav finds safety in Iraq's newest camp

3 September 2014

Press releases

blue abstract background

Refugee total hits 3 million as Syrians flee growing insecurity and worsening conditions

29 August 2014

Press releases

blue abstract background

Statement by Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Special Envoy, on three million Syrian refugees

29 August 2014

Press releases

Angola Repatriation: Antonio returns home after 40 years in DR Congo

28 August 2014

Press releases

More than 20,000 people risk all on Indian Ocean to reach safety: UNHCR report

22 August 2014

Press releases

blue abstract background

UNHCR aid operation starts as first Boeing 747 touches down in Erbil, Iraq

20 August 2014

Press releases

Angolans head homewards by train from Democratic Republic of the Congo

19 August 2014

Press releases

UNHCR distributes aid to thousands of Iraqis fleeing attacks in Ninewa

5 August 2014

Press releases

blue abstract background

UNHCR urges Sri Lanka to stop deporting asylum-seekers to Pakistan

2 August 2014

Press releases

A thumbnail image for press releases

A thumbnail image for briefing notes

Malaysia. Vietnamese Boat People

Special features

A thumbnail image for statements

High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine