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Latest press releases and briefing notes

Yemen. UNHCR addresses crisis caused by conflict, poverty and displacement

Nearly 40 million at heightened risk of violence, discrimination and rights abuses as COVID spawns a 'coping crisis'

30 November 2020

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Colombia. Displaced women find allies to fight sexual violence

UNHCR warns second wave of COVID pandemic driving further violence against refugee women and girls

25 November 2020

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Afghanistan. High Commissioner warns of crisis if peace process collapses

UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of grave consequences if world looks away from Afghanistan, reiterates importance of finding solutions to Afghan displacement

23 November 2020

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Liberia. Fleeing post election violence

UNHCR airlifts emergency aid for Ivorian refugees in Liberia

23 November 2020

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Bangladesh. UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Rohingya camps

UN General Assembly extends mandate for High Commissioner Grandi

23 November 2020

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Lebanon. Resettlement of refugees suspended over COVID-19 restrictions

UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history

19 November 2020

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Spain. Migrants intercepted off the coast of the Canary Islands

IOM and UNHCR carry out joint visit to the Canary Islands amid increasing arrivals

16 November 2020

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Central African returnees wave as the boat carrying them back to their homeland leaves Zongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 2020.

First Central African refugees return from DRC since COVID-19 outbreak

16 November 2020

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UNHCR joins response to victims of hurricane in Central America and Mexico

13 November 2020

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North Macedonia. Stateless Persons Meet With UNHCR

UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024

11 November 2020

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Clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray region force thousands to flee to Sudan

11 November 2020

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Brazil. World Refugee Day 2020 celebration in Boa Vista

Inclusion key to protecting refugees and their hosts amid COVID-19 pandemic

4 November 2020

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