UN’s Grandi slams ‘toxic language of politics’ aimed at refugees, migrants

9 April 2019

In a heartfelt briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday, Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has said that, during his three and a half decades as an international civil servant, he has “never seen such toxicity, such poisonous language in politics, media and social media,” directed towards refugees, migrants and foreigners.

Not enough resettlement solutions for refugees worldwide, says UN

19 February 2019

Migrants and Refugees

Despite record numbers of people forcibly displaced across borders, with 1.2 million in need of a new permanent place to call home last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) released new data on Tuesday showing that only 55,700 of them – 4.7 per cent – were able to be resettled in 2018.

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‘Not even a choice’ but ‘a duty’ to make Oscar-nominated refugee epic says Lebanese woman director

31 January 2019

Interviews

The first ever Arab woman director to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, has told UN News that she had ‘a duty’ to record the reality of the refugee crisis playing out on the streets of her native Lebanon. Nadine Labaki is the director of Capernaum, a harrowing drama seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy who decides to sue his own parents after years of abuse and neglect.

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News in Brief 30 January 2019

30 January 2019

News in Brief

Probe call for Brazil dam collapse
‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day in 2018: UN refugee agency
30 dead and 100 migrants missing in Djibouti boat tragedy

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Another 170 migrants disappear in shipwrecks, UN agency reiterates call for an end to Mediterranean tragedy

19 January 2019

Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, stated on Saturday that “no effort should be spared” in saving lives at sea, following reports of two new shipwrecks on the Mediterranean Sea, in which some 170 people either died or went missing.

Saudi teen set to be ‘fully integrated’ in Canadian society: UNHCR

14 January 2019

Interviews

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who arrived in Canada on Friday, “wants to go back to school as soon as possible” said Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the UN Refugee Agency’s representative (UNHCR) in Canada. The social media-savvy teenager was granted asylum after fleeing her own family in Kuwait fearing she would be killed. Speaking by phone from Canada, Mr. Beuze explained to UN News's Hafiz Kheir how her case had been resolved so quickly.

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Canada grants asylum for Saudi teen who fled family: UNHCR

11 January 2019

Human Rights

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s desperate and ultimately successful bid for asylum in the face of alleged death-threats from her own family, provides a “glimpse into the precarious situation of millions of refugees worldwide” said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday.

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How to stay in shape and step up support for refugees

8 January 2019

Migrants and Refugees

At a time of year when many resolve to get fit, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the huge distances many are forced to cover to escape persecution, in search of a better life far from home.

Millions of people in stateless ‘limbo’, warns UNCHR

12 November 2018

Interviews

People in every region of the world who do not have a nationality face a “day-to-day struggle” in accessing basic human rights such as education, healthcare and work, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.

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US must abide by humanitarian refugee accords: UN refugee agency

9 November 2018

Migrants and Refugees

Responding to United States President Donald Trump’s proclamation which would deny political asylum to migrants crossing illegally into the country, the UN refugee agency UNHCR, released a statement on Friday saying that the US must abide by international refugee protection accords.

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