More: Refugee Crisis
Chad: New law safeguards 480,000 refugees
The UN refugee agency commended Chad on Friday for adopting its first-ever asylum law, which will enhance the protection of the nearly 480,000 refugees...
Turkey: EU extends humanitarian support for refugees
The European Commission has extended two humanitarian flagship programmes in Turkey until early 2022. These programmes help over 1.8 million refugees meet their basic...
Tigray: A Tussle For Power
“Abiy controls the international narrative but not necessarily the country,” Getachew
The diplomatic escalation and fighting in Ethiopia have been widening the conflict by shattering...
More uprooted, fewer return, pushing forcibly displaced above 80 million
The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and is estimated to have passed 80 million in...
First of four UN humanitarian airlifts for Ethiopia refugees lands in Khartoum
An airplane loaded with humanitarian supplies for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the UN refugee...
Heartbreaking stories from refugees fleeing Ethiopia violence
In a briefing to journalists on Thursday, a senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing the border...
Reinforcing the Role of the International Community in Resolving the Rohingya Crisis
Bangladesh is hosting more than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees since August 2017. The United Nations defined Myanmar’s August 2017 atrocities to the Rohingyas as...
UN refugee agency: Keep borders open for fleeing Ethiopians
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that it is working with Sudanese authorities to help more than 7,000 refugees who have fled...
Filippo Grandi: Ending statelessness ‘a matter of political will’
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on world leaders to take bold and swift action to eradicate statelessness by 2024.
Marking the sixth...
Protecting citizens from COVID while granting refugee access, can be done- UNHCR
It is possible for countries to both protect public health and “ensure access” for vulnerable people forced to flee their homes, the UN refugee...