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Transcript: UNHCR's top Asia official briefs press on Australian offshore processing on Nauru, and UNHCR talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar

This is a transcript of the press briefing by Indrika Ratwatte, UNHCR Director of the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 04 April 2018.

4 Apr 2018

Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees moved from Kutupalong camp to new site

27 Oct 2017

UNHCR warns of escalating crisis on Manus Island

8 Aug 2017

UNHCR Calls for Immediate Movement of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers to Humane Conditions

3 May 2016

UNHCR welcomes change in Nauru's detention policy

UNHCR welcomes change in Nauru's detention policy

5 Oct 2015

Men, women and children suffering from harsh physical conditions and legal shortcomings at Pacific Island asylum centres: UNHCR reports

26 Nov 2013

UNHCR reports harsh conditions and legal shortcomings at Pacific Island asylum centres

The reports identify shortcomings at the Nauru and Manus Island centres, and urge all three states involved to consider the findings and recommendations and act upon them.

26 Nov 2013

UNHCR releases report critical of Nauru processing centre

UNHCR welcomes efforts to improve a regional asylum processing centre but says arrangements fall short of international protection standards.

14 Dec 2012

UNHCR warns of serious shortcomings at Nauru processing centre

14 Dec 2012
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