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- About 250 people feared missing after boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UNA boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea. Around 250 people are feared missing. The vessel d...14 Apr, 2026, 10.48 PM IST
- UN warns of rising displacement in Iran as war escalatesOngoing violence in the Middle East has triggered a humanitarian crisis, leading to the displacement of around 3.2 million individuals with...12 Mar, 2026, 05.20 PM IST
- UNHCR declares 'major humanitarian emergency' in Middle EastThe United Nations refugee agency has declared the Middle East crisis a major humanitarian emergency. All civilians fleeing conflict must b...06 Mar, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
- Cash-strapped UNHCR says shed 5,000 jobs this yearThe UN's refugee agency has cut nearly 5,000 jobs this year due to significant reductions in international aid, particularly from the Unite...06 Oct, 2025, 05.37 PM IST
- Uzbekistan’s International Transport and Logistics Hub to boost UN humanitarian effortsThe International Multifunctional Transport and Logistics Hub in Termez, Uzbekistan, has been designated as a warehouse for UNHCR's Global ...04 Mar, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
- 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 ...11 Oct, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
- 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...18 Dec, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
- 736 Afghans recorded for new registration in India from August 1 to September 11: UNHCRAmong those who have approached the UNHCR are Afghan individuals who have newly arrived in 2021, those seeking reopening of previously clos...15 Sep, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
- 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 ...02 Jun, 2021, 11.31 AM IST
- 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...05 Jan, 2019, 12.19 PM IST
- Manmohan Singh presents Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2015 to UNHRCSingh, who is trustee of IGMT, gave the prize to UNHCR India Chief of Mission, Yasuko Shimizu, in the presence of the trust's Chairperson S...16 Dec, 2016, 04.15 PM IST
- 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.31 Jul, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
- India observes World Refugee DayAiming to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, UNHCR today held series of programmes across the country to mark the World Refugee ...20 Jun, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
- 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...13 Jan, 2015, 02.05 PM IST
- 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 ...09 Jan, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
- 100,000 flee to Libya neighbours in past week: UNHCRUNHCR staff also found 75 people from Bangladesh, Sudan, Thailand and Pakistan without passports in a patch of no-man's land between Libya ...27 Feb, 2011, 07.55 PM IST
- UNHCR chief to visit Georgia and RussiaThe UN refugee agency announced that its chief would travel to Georgia and Russia next week to assess the agency's humanitarian operations ...16 Aug, 2008, 09.22 PM IST
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