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Hungary. High Commissioner Filippo Grandi at Röszke Transit Zone

UNHCR Chief visits Hungary, calls for greater access to asylum, end to detention and more solidarity with refugees

12 September 2017

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

Central Mediterranean situation: UNHCR calls for an additional 40,000 resettlement places

11 September 2017

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News comment from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme*

6 September 2017

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Malaysia. illustration of Alan Kurdi

Statement by the UN Refugee Agency on two-year anniversary of death of Alan Kurdi

31 August 2017

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Australia should not coerce vulnerable people to return to harm

29 August 2017

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Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the Paris meeting of 28 August

28 August 2017

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As Europe refugee and migrant arrivals fall, reports of abuses, deaths persist

24 August 2017

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Mali. As security improves in Timbuktu, a young refugee family returns

UN Refugee Chief condemns attack on staff in Mali

24 August 2017

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South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark, UNHCR renews call for help

17 August 2017

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UNHCR and Tanzania outline next steps to address refugee situation

17 August 2017

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UN Refugee Chief urges international recognition and support for Sudan

17 August 2017

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. CAR violence driving more refugees into northern DRC

Thousands flee insecurity in the Central African Republic

15 August 2017

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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