News releases

News releases

Latest press releases and briefing notes

Chad. Refugees get new opportunity through resettlement to US and Canada

UNHCR troubled by latest U.S. refugee resettlement cut

2 November 2019

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News comment by Jean-Paul Cavalieri, UNHCR's Chief of Mission in Libya, on the situation at the Gathering and Departure Facility (GDF) in Tripoli

30 October 2019

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UNHCR welcomes Equatorial Guinea's accession to Kampala Convention on IDPs

30 October 2019

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Democratic Republic of Congo. UN High Commissioner for Refugees' visit

UNHCR statement on the death of former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata

29 October 2019

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Yemen. Suliman, 67, a refugee from Somalia return home from Yemen

Somali refugees return home from Yemen in latest UNHCR-facilitated departure

29 October 2019

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Colombia. Desperate Venezuelans continue to cross border on foot

EU, IOM and UNHCR express solidarity with Venezuelan refugees and migrants

29 October 2019

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Tanzania. Funding gap and lack of shelter impacts on vulnerable refugees

Refugee returns to Burundi must be voluntary and not under pressure

28 October 2019

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Bangladesh. Aid continues to arrive for Rohingya families

UNHCR launches sustainable energy strategy, strengthens climate action

24 October 2019

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Joint Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs, UNHCR, OCHA and IOM to mark the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Kampala Convention

23 October 2019

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Colombia. Venezuelans risk life and limb to seek help in Colombia

Solidarity conference calls for action as Venezuelans depart in droves

23 October 2019

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UN launches plans for innovative technology hub

14 October 2019

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Greece. Asylum-seekers face dangerously overcrowded conditions in Moria

European States urged to do more to protect and support child refugees and migrants

14 October 2019

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Malaysia. Vietnamese Boat People

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