News Releases

UNHCR: Conflict, violence, climate change drove displacement higher in first half of 2021

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo forces 11,000 to flee to Uganda

UNHCR and IOM Call for immediate de-escalation at the Belarus-Poland border

COP26: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emtithal Mahmoud calls for urgent global action in new poem highlighting impact of climate change on humankind

UNHCR: Urgent steps needed now to mitigate climate impact on displaced people

Libya: First evacuation flight to Niger in over a year brings 172 asylum-seekers to safety

UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world's stateless

UNHCR begins airlifting aid to Kabul

UNHCR welcomes U.S. renewed effort to end policy that endangers asylum-seekers

This statement is attributable to Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative for the United States and the Caribbean.