News releases

News releases

Latest press releases and briefing notes

An Aghan refugee family walks through an informal camp outside the Moria Reception and Identification centre on the island of Lesbos, September 1, 2020.

UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioners visit Greece, discuss refugee protection challenges and urge more support

4 September 2020

Press releases

Iran. Afghan refugee sisters go to school for the first time

UNHCR Report: Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education – half of the world's refugee children out of school.

3 September 2020

Press releases

Cameroon. UNHCR outraged by attack on camp hosting displaced people

UNHCR condemns deadly attack on internally displaced people in north Cameroon

2 September 2020

Press releases

UNHCR and IOM call for urgent disembarkation of rescued migrants and refugees in Central Mediterranean Sea

29 August 2020

Press releases

Lebanon. Filippo Grandi visits in aftermath of beirut port explosion

UN High Commissioner for Refugees affirms immediate support to 100,000 individuals affected by devastating Beirut blast and additional funding for COVID-19 response

21 August 2020

Press releases

blue abstract background

IOM, UNHCR call for urgent action after 45 die in largest recorded shipwreck off Libya coast in 2020

19 August 2020

Press releases

Pakistan. Afghan woman doctor breaks barriers to heal Pakistan's poor

UNHCR applauds Canada's commitment to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers working on COVID-19 frontlines

14 August 2020

Press releases

Turkmenistan. A woman holds her infant

More progress on statelessness in Central Asia as Turkmenistan becomes latest country to champion universal birth registration

14 August 2020

Press releases

United Kingdrom. Migrants Cross The English Channel From France

UNHCR, IOM: Interception at sea is not the solution to channel crossings

13 August 2020

Press releases

Mauritania. Shipwreck

IOM, UNHCR Mourn Death of 27 People off West African Coast

7 August 2020

Press releases

blue abstract background

Death of transgender asylum seeker in Guatemala highlights increased risks and protection needs for LGBTI community

6 August 2020

Press releases

blue abstract background

Statement attributable to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the explosions in Beirut, Lebanon

5 August 2020

Press releases

A thumbnail image for press releases

A thumbnail image for briefing notes

A thumbnail image of blank pages

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