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Latest press releases and briefing notes

Myanmar. Aerial view shows burned down villages once inhabited by the Rohingya

UNHCR and UNDP urge tangible progress to improve conditions in Myanmar's Rakhine State

8 August 2018

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Bangladesh. New Rohingya arrivals at transit centre

UNHCR's Grandi appeals to Asia-Pacific ministers, business leaders for solidarity with refugees, people of Myanmar's Rakhine State

7 August 2018

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Italy. Hundreds rescued crossing the sea

UNHCR sounds alarm as Mediterranean Sea deaths pass 1,500 mark

3 August 2018

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Cameroon. UNHCR chief visits Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram

UNHCR shocked over Nigerian asylum-seeker deaths in Cameroon

2 August 2018

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Syria. UNHCR staff assess needs of displaced from Afrin

At Syria talks in Sochi, UNHCR emphasizes importance that returns meet international standards

31 July 2018

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UNHCR to facilitate emergency humanitarian resettlement from Jordan

22 July 2018

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Malta. On board the Phoenix in the Mediterranean

UNHCR welcomes end to latest Mediterranean standoff, but says predictable approach to rescue still urgently needed

19 July 2018

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News comment: Death of former High Commissioner Thorvald Stoltenberg

15 July 2018

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Switzerland. UNHCR signs agreement with Qatar Charity.

Qatar Charity and UNHCR extend a lifeline to 30,000 Syrian refugee families

11 July 2018

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Statement on passing of Barbara Harrell-Bond

11 July 2018

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More than 320,000 Syrians have been displaced by the latest fighting in South West Syria.

Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation in South West Syria

9 July 2018

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Uganda. A young South Sudanese refugee cooks food at a camp in northern Uganda

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on conclusion of formal consultations on the global compact on refugees

6 July 2018

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