More than 1,100 people fleeing insecurity in Mali have crossed into Mauritania this week, the UN refugee agency reported ...

The UN has suspended medical aid for refugees in Egypt due to severe funding cuts, its refugee agency said on Monday. Some 20,000 patients will be affected, a spokeswoman for the Geneva-based Office ...

When an exodus of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh a decade ago, the United Nations recorded many of their birthdays as Jan. 1. The date serves as a reminder of a lost identity.

Sudan’s deepening war is driving unprecedented levels of hunger, child malnutrition and displacement, UN agencies report, as ...

A woman stands in front of a poster reading "I stand with Refugees" in the Jordanian Saatari refugee camp. A decline in humanitarian aid traditionally provided by the United States and other wealthy ...

The UNHCR said it is cutting around 3,500 staff jobs - Copyright AFP/File Manan VATSYAYANA The UNHCR said it is cutting around 3,500 staff jobs - Copyright AFP/File ...

BEIRUT — The UN refugee agency's representative in Lebanon said Thursday he hopes that at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon by the end of the year under a new government-backed return ...

Washington, DC – 12 August 2024 – The Paris Summer Olympics draw to a close with many individual and team achievements – including the first medal won by a member of the UN Refugee Team. Their ...

GENEVA: The United Nations warned Tuesday that recent actions by Israel against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees risked ...

GENEVA – Ahead of the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR), a group of UN and regional human rights experts, issued the ...

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