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News releases

Latest press releases and briefing notes

Spain. Mediterranean Sea

UNHCR, IOM: At least 40 people drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

16 April 2021

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Pakistan. Launches 'drive' to issue smartcards to registered Afghan refugees

Pakistan launches 'drive' to issue smartcards to registered Afghan refugees

15 April 2021

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JORDAN. Refugees get together to break the Ramadan fast.

This Ramadan, UNHCR calls for solidarity with those hit hardest by the global pandemic

12 April 2021

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Serbia. Launch of a COVID-19 vaccination programme for refugees and migrants

UNHCR calls for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees

7 April 2021

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Australia. Olympic Hopefuls - Tokyo 2020. Martial artist Asif Sultani

UNHCR releases powerful social video in support of Refugee Olympic and Paralympic teams

6 April 2021

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News Comment: Six refugees among 137 killed in Niger's recent attack

1 April 2021

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News comment: UNHCR calls on Myanmar's neighbours to protect people fleeing violence

31 March 2021

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Lebanon. Dire Conditions for Syrian Refugees during winter

United Nations Chiefs urge donors to support record appeals for Syrians and the region

29 March 2021

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Germany. Alphonso Davies signs Goodwill Ambassador contract for UNHCR at FC Bayern Munich's training ground

Alphonso Davies becomes the first footballer to take UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador title

24 March 2021

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Germany. Refugee student delegation visits Free University of Berlin on World Refugee Day 2019

High Commissioner's Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21 March 2021

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Lebanon. Refugees caught in heavy snow as winter storm JOYCE hits Lebanon

A decade of death, destruction and displacement must not sap our solidarity with Syrians

12 March 2021

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Rwanda vaccinates refugees and asylum-seekers against COVID-19

12 March 2021

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