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Over 122 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, says UN refugee agencyThe UN refugee agency reports a surge in global displacement, reaching over 122 million due to violence and persecution, nearly double the ...
Half a million stateless people got citizenship in past decade: UNThe UN said Friday that in the decade since it launched a campaign to end the limbo of statelessness, over half a million people without a ...
100,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes: UNAround 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, according to the UN. The UNHCR is supporting new arrivals...
Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee agency envoy to engage directly with refugeesAfter 2 decades actor Angelina Jolie steps down from the UNHCR’s special envoy position to effectively help the refugees directly from outs...
Ukraine conflict refugees cross 2.5 million markUNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, recorded 2,504,893 refugees on its dedicated website -- 188,891 more than the previous count on Thursday.
UN says number of displaced people worldwide tops 84 millionA UNHCR report found that the number of people classed as refugees under its mandate was more than 20.8 million halfway through the year - ...
COVID-19 variant 1st reported in India threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic, at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, said that the ...
UNHCR seeks clarification from India over repatriation of Rohingya to MyanmarThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that it "regrets India's decision to repatriate a famil...
'Totally untrue': UNHRC dismisses criticism of its Kashmir reportIn a media brief, the UN body today said that the reaction of Indian authorities to the report has left it "deeply disappointed".
Filippo Grandi assumes office as new UNHCR chiefFilippo Grandi, a 58-year-old Italian UN official, today took over as the new High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency amid unprecedente...
Cops seek UNHCR help to monitor Rohingya refugees in HyderabadAs part of the plan, police station sector sub- inspector will maintain separate registers for the camps in their sectors for the purpose.
UNHCR concerned over refugees' return to violence-hit NigeriaUN expressed concern over the return of hundreds of refugees to Nigeria from Niger, saying authorities in the two countries should stop the...
More than 1.70 lakh Sri Lankan refugees,asylum-seekers,IDPs: UNHCREven five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylu...
India home to 200,000 refugees in first half of 2014: UNHCRIndia was home to 198,665 refugees as of June 2014 and had 4,718 pending cases of asylum seekers, bringing the total population of concern ...
- 100,000 flee to Libya neighbours in past week: UNHCR
UNHCR staff also found 75 people from Bangladesh, Sudan, Thailand and Pakistan without passports in a patch of no-man's land between Libya ...
- UNHCR chief to visit Georgia and Russia
The UN refugee agency announced that its chief would travel to Georgia and Russia next week to assess the agency's humanitarian operations ...
- UN to provide relief aid for up to 100,000 Kenyans
The UN refugee agency will provide relief aid to up to 100,000 Kenyans displaced by post-election turmoil that has killed hundreds in the E...