UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Laureate 2020, Mayerlin Vergara Perez, pictured on the beach in Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia. © UNHCR/Nicolo Filippo Rosso

Colombian child rights defender wins UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award

News Releases 7 Oct 2020
South Sudanese refugee, Bak, 80, sits in his shelter that was damaged by massive flooding in Sharq Al-Nile, Sudan. © UNHCR/Roland Schönbauer

Massive floods in Sudan impact thousands of refugees

Stories 6 Oct 2020

UNHCR welcomes move to strengthen healthcare for stateless students

News Releases 25 Sep 2020

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Stand with Lebanon 

 

Days after two explosions that ripped through Beirut, killing more than 178 people, over 6,500 injured, 300,000 left displaced and some still missing to date.  

Many have lost loved ones and urgently need emergency aid.  

Please join our relief efforts today! 

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Refugees in Thailand

 

Today there are some 97,000 refugees in Thailand. Most refugees (91,777 as of September 2020, under reverification) are ethnic minorities from Myanmar, mainly Karen and Karenni, who live in nine camps in four provinces along the Thai-Myanmar border. There are also approximately 5,000 refugees and asylum-seekers of some 40 nationalities who live in Bangkok and the surrounding urban areas

Numbers of refugees in Thailand:

96,777 people

Number of camps in Thailand:

9 camps

Map of Thailand and the camps

Last updated 30 September 2020

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