Two years since the start of the war in Sudan, the news remains exceedingly grim.The world's most damaging displacement crisis is now happening amid the worst humanitarian funding situation in decades ...

Some 400,000 Syrians have returned from neighbouring countries since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, according to estimates by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. During the same period, ...

The international legal definition of a stateless person is “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”. In simple terms, this means that a stateless ...

Many of the 3.6 million people inside Myanmar who fled their homes during the last four years of conflict once again lost ...

So machen wir unsere ArbeitWenn Krieg ausbricht, ein Konflikt erneut aufflammt oder eine Katastrophe eintritt, müssen Menschen oft in Sekundenschnelle ihr Zuhause und ihr Eigentum verlassen. Wenn sie ...

UNHCR and its partners are being forced to close or scale back health, education and other crucial programmes for refugees in Chad due to severe funding shortages.

GENEVA – Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee host, is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of Congolese refugees crossing its western border due to increased insecurity in the eastern part of the ...

Human trafficking takes place in every region of the world: Human beings are sold, bought and traded much like objects. Victims of trafficking end up in the hands of traffickers because they are being ...

Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

The IGO is the independent UNHCR authority mandated to follow up on issues pertaining to possible misconduct by persons or entities that have a contractual link to UNHCR. If you wish to report a ...

When a crisis erupts and people are forced to flee their homes, UNHCR is there to provide safety and life-saving assistance. This is how we do it.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the launch of a new local campaign to raise awareness and support for people forced to flee their homes. The campaign, titled "Look Closer", highlights the ...