Danish funds ensure much needed aid to Central African refugees
A contribution from Denmark helps UNHCR strengthen the response to the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic, forcing thousands to flee their homes.
Swedish Minister visits the world’s largest refugee settlement
Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Mr. Per Olsson Fridh, visits Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
UNHCR calls for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees
On World Health Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for concerted international action and solidarity to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations, including for refugees and other forcibly displaced and stateless people. UNHCR is encouraged by the...
Refugee athletes’ epic journey toward Tokyo Games dramatized in new video
The Journey’ depicts a refugee’s path from conflict to international competition, revealing the power of sport to change the lives of forcibly displaced people everywhere.
Swedish organization Yalla Trappan helps refugee women enter labour market
When Fatme Ibrahim arrived in Sweden on a November night 28 years ago after having fled from Lebanon, she felt very cold and very alone. She arrived with her husband and their young children – and without any formal work experience. Today, Fatme works at Yalla...
New study points to challenges in accessing family reunification in Finland
Today, a UNHCR-commissioned study analyzing the legal, practical and financial obstacles to family reunification for refugees in Finland is launched. UNHCR reiterates its recommendations to the country in this area.
The LEGO Foundation and UNHCR come together to bring the power of learning through play to refugee children in Ethiopia
The partnership ensures 37,500 refugee and host community children can continue their education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finnish funding supports Somali refugees
As conflict and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic exacerbate insecurity, UNHCR, supported by Finland, protects Somali refugees, regardless of their age, gender, and disability.
Q&A: “International solidarity has never been more important than now”
Jakob Århem, Public Health Officer with UNHCR in Lebanon, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting refugees in the country, and underlines why refugee inclusion in national vaccination plans is so important.
A decade of death, destruction and displacement must not sap our solidarity with Syrians
Statement attributable to Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
COVID-19 pandemic worsening gender inequalities for refugee women and girls
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning on International Women’s Day today. “The unprecedented socio-economic impacts of the pandemic are...
Observations from UNHCR on Danish law proposal on externalization
UNHCR’s observations to the Danish government’s law proposal on the possibility to transfer asylum-seekers to asylum processing and accommodation in third countries.