A deadly cholera outbreak has hit a refugee settlement in eastern Chad hosting Sudanese arrivals from Darfur, raising alarm ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

KYIV - With the Russian full-scale invasion well into its fourth year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has reached a major milestone in one of its key programmes: more than 40,000 homes damaged by the ...

Cairo, 30 June 2025 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing for international solidarity as the number of registered refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt surpasses a critical milestone- ...

JUBA - The European Union (EU) has allocated EUR 11 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to support long-term recovery and stability for ...

Topline global statistics on forced displacement, including current and historical numbers of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people.

Three years on, refugees from Ukraine continue to significantly contribute to the Polish economy. In 2024, their presence in Poland generated 2.7 percent of Poland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), ...

UNHCR is closely monitoring and is involved in the evolving situation concerning the group of individuals who have been located at the transit centre in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the European Commission’s proposed Return Regulation as a positive step toward creating a more coherent and effective EU framework. UNHCR has long supported and ...

Geneva – 17 April 2025On 18 April 2015, Europe witnessed one of the largest tragedies at sea when over 1,000 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean as their boat capsized between Libya and ...

Brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk. The consequences for people fleeing danger will be immediate and devastating, UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi says of the ...

The projected global resettlement needs report contains details of the protection environment and refugee profiles in need of resettlement in UNHCR operations globally.