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Latest press releases and briefing notes

A child draws at a UNHCR-supported shelter in Mexico City for unaccompanied minors from northern Central America, November 2019.

The European Union, UNICEF and UNHCR join efforts to protect children on the move in Central America, Mexico and Southern Africa

2 February 2021

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Remarks by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the press conference in Addis Ababa.

1 February 2021

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UNHCR's IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness

UNHCR welcomes Iceland's decision to join global efforts to end statelessness

29 January 2021

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Greece. Perilous crossing for refugees and migrants at the Evros land border

UNHCR warns asylum under attack at Europe's borders, urges end to pushbacks and violence against refugees

28 January 2021

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Libya. Emergency food aid lifeline for refugees hit by COVID-19 economic impacts

As Sub-Saharan crises force more to flee, UNHCR calls for stronger Mediterranean route response

27 January 2021

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South Africa. Congolese refugees resettled to France

With refugee resettlement at a record low in 2020, UNHCR calls on States to offer places and save lives

25 January 2021

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Spain. Mediterranean Sea

IOM, UNHCR: Shipwreck off Libya claims over 40 Lives

20 January 2021

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A young girl cover her eyes with her hands

UNHCR welcomes Mexico's reforms to protect rights of child refugees and asylum-seekers

15 January 2021

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Iraqi refugee Ziad receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Irbid Vaccination Clinic in Jordan.

Refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Jordan

14 January 2021

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A UNHCR officer talks to refugees in Mai Aini refugee camp. The biggest concerns of the refugees are food, clean water, and the security situation in the camps. The refugees report almost nightly looting by armed gangs.

Statement attributable to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray region

14 January 2021

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UNHCR's Grandi concludes visit to Lisbon, commends Portugal's longstanding commitment to refugee protection as the country takes over the EU Presidency

13 January 2021

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Portugal. Resettled refugees arrive in Lisbon

UNHCR calls for EU to ensure a new chapter for refugee protection

12 January 2021

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