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Yemen. A community organization that provides a lifeline to displaced Yemenis is awarded the 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

Yemeni humanitarian organization wins 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

29 September 2021

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Council of Europe

UNHCR and Council of Europe discuss statelessness, urge States to uphold the right to a nationality in Europe

24 September 2021

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UNHCR and IOM shocked and dismayed by deaths near Belarus-Poland border

21 September 2021

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News Comment by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on conditions and expulsions at US border

21 September 2021

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees completes three-day visit to Afghanistan

15 September 2021

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises the Republic of Turkey for its continued commitment to provide protection to all those in need

10 September 2021

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Switzerland. UNHCR 2021 Youth With Refugees Art Contest

Five footballs designed by young artists will raise funds for refugee sports programmes

8 September 2021

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Critical gaps in refugee education: two thirds of refugee youth might never get to secondary school

7 September 2021

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Unprecedented displacement in Central America and Mexico calls for urgent regional responsibility sharing

2 September 2021

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Côte d'Ivoire. UNHCR and local law association fight to end statelessness

The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality

30 August 2021

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'After the airlift'. News Comment attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

30 August 2021

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Afghanistan. Worsening conflict in northern Afghanistan uproots thousands

UNHCR receives largest private sector contribution for Afghanistan crisis in 2021

26 August 2021

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