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Yemeni humanitarian organization wins 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announces the winner of its 2021 Nansen Refugee Award. Five regional winners are also announced.

News Comment: UNHCR echoes call for global action to resolve internal displacement

This news comment is attributable to Raouf Mazou, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Operations

UN: Syrian refugees in Lebanon struggle to survive amid worst socioeconomic crisis in decades

UNHCR and Council of Europe discuss statelessness, urge States to uphold the right to a nationality in Europe

News Comment by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on conditions and expulsions at US border

UNHCR welcomes U.S. plan to increase refugee resettlement

UNHCR and IOM shocked and dismayed by deaths near Belarus-Poland border

UNHCR warns of dire consequences for refugees from COVID-19 underfunding

UN High Commissioner for Refugees completes three-day visit to Afghanistan