Risks growing for increasing numbers of refugees and migrants crossing the Western Balkans
UNHCR is concerned about increasing risks facing refugees and migrants in the Western Balkans with more people using this route for their journeys. Men, women and children are often walking for days, some exposed to violence and abuse, or accidents along train tracks....
Joint Statement On Mediterranean Crossings
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for International Migration and Development, Peter Sutherland Director-General of the...
Joint IDMC-UNHCR Press Release
A record 38 million internally displaced worldwide as 30,000 people fled their homes each day in 2014 A record-breaking 38 million people have been displaced within their own country by conflict or violence. This is the equivalent of the total populations of London,...
Signing Of Memorandum Of Understanding For Construction Of 13 Prefabricated Housing Units
On 23 April 2015, the Mayor of the City of Požarevac, the Commissariat for Refugees and Migrations of the Republic of Serbia, the Center for Social Work “Požarevac”, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees will sign the Memorandum of Understanding for...
UNHCR – New Mediterranean boat tragedy may be biggest ever, urgent action is needed now
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today expressed his shock at the latest boat capsizing on the Mediterranean, and the hundreds of lives reported to have been lost. As of a short time ago, according to information from the Maltese authorities, only...
Wars in Syria and Iraq drive highest asylum numbers in 22 years
The wars in Syria and Iraq, as well as armed conflicts, human rights violations and deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in other countries, pushed the number of asylum applications in industrialized countries to a 22-year high last year, according to a...
Refugees endure worsening conditions as Syria’s conflict enters 5th year
As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, millions of refugees in neighbouring countries and those displaced within the country are caught in alarmingly deteriorating conditions, facing an even bleaker future without more international support, UNHCR warned today....
UNHCR announces push to end statelessness worldwide by end-2024
UNHCR is today launching a global “I Belong” campaign aimed at ending within 10 years the problem of statelessness – a devastating legal limbo for the millions of people worldwide who lack any nationality and the human rights protections that go with...
Delivery of First Housing Solutions within Regional Housing Programme
The contracts with representatives from 9 municipalities and towns were signed today in Stara Pazova. Within the second RHP Serbia sub-project, 200 apartments for refugees will be built in Šid, Sremska Mitrovica, Šabac, Kruševac, Prokuplje, Paraćin, Kikinda, Bajina...