refugee

Karen AbuZayd.
UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

New and “protracted” refugee flows on radar of humanitarians

27 October 2016
General News

Humanitarians are taking a closer look at “neglected and protracted” refugee situations as well as new refugee flows under a global compact aimed at addressing challenges faced by people on the move, a senior UN official has said.

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UNHCR/Olivier Laban-Mattei

UN agency supporting French authorities in transferring refugees from Calais ‘Jungle’

25 October 2016
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that it is assisting French authorities as they begin to close the refugee camp in Calais known as ‘the Jungle,” and “environment not fit for human habitation” and which highlights the need for greater responsibility sharing and coordination between European Union member States.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (second left) visits Lesbos on his first official visit to Greece.
UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis (file photo)

Collective commitment to work together on refugees

19 September 2016
General News

There’s now a collective commitment within the international community to work together on the response to the global refugee and migrant crisis.

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UNICEF/Adriana Zehbrauskas

To escape gangs and poverty, Central American children making risky journey to US – UNICEF

23 August 2016
The flow of refugee and migrant children – seeking refuge from brutal gangs and stifling poverty in Central America and making their way to the United States – shows no sign of letting up, despite the risks of being kidnapped, trafficked, raped, or killed on the journey, a report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) found.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

In Greece, UN chief urges global responsibility-sharing for welfare of displaced

18 June 2016
On a visit to Greece, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today discussed the refugee crisis with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, urging States to address the root causes of displacement and more evenly share the responsibility for the welfare of migrants and refugees.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Visiting Greek island, Ban says refugees' nightmare 'not over,' urging humane approach across Europe

18 June 2016
Visiting the Greek island of Lesbos, which has become migrants' entry point to Europe, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the countries in the region to respond with a humane and human rights-based approach, instead of border closures, barriers and bigotry.
UNHCR/Siegfried Modola

Kenya assures head of UN refugee agency that rights obligations will be followed for Somali returns

13 June 2016
On his first visit to Kenya, the chief of the United Nations refugee agency received assurances from the African country that the return of refugees to Somalia would not contravene international obligations.
UNHCR/Mark Henley (file)

UN refugee agency projects resettlement needs at 1.19 million in 2017

13 June 2016
With a multitude of conflicts and crises causing record displacement around the world, more than 1.19 million people are projected to be in need of resettlement in 2017, the UN refugee agency said today.
Syrian refugees queue for relief items at Jordan's Za'atri camp.
UNHCR/S. Malkawi

Syrian refugee pressures on Jordan “like a slow-moving tsunami”

1 June 2016
General News

The pressure of having more than a million Syrian refugees enter Jordan since 2011, is equivalent to a “slow-moving tsunami”.

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UNHCR/Patrick Russo

As Mediterranean death toll soars, Ban urges collective response to large refugee and migrant movements

31 May 2016
At least 880 people appear to have died over the past week as their vessels capsized in the Mediterranean, bringing the total fatalities along the dangerous crossing route to 2,510 so far this year, the United Nations refugee agency said today, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a comprehensive and collective response to large movements of refugees and migrants.