UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned as escalating, brutal violence in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North ...

Four United Nations agencies today called for urgent international attention on the crisis in Sudan, to address the immense ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appalled and deeply saddened by the avoidable and tragic loss of life at sea of some 80 ...

Standing Committee 2020 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Oral Update by the Assistant High Commissioner ...

Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person looking for help? Visit the HELP site to find support and services from UNHCR. Bangladesh hosts the largest refugee settlement in the world. Most ...

About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries – around two-thirds more ...

Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

To protect and provide solutions to people forced to flee, UNHCR must anticipate, plan, source and purchase goods and services in a timely, efficient and sustainable manner. This might range from ...

Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person looking for help? Visit the HELP site to find support and services from UNHCR. The situation in South Sudan and neighbouring countries is causing ...

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UNHCR is governed by the UN General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Our mandate is defined by the 1950 UNHCR Statute. In 2003, the General Assembly extended the organization's ...