Concerned by the arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers by some States, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent reforms to halt this detrimental practice. Releasing its latest advocacy ...

GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

According to the UN’s 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, a stateless person is someone “who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”.

It is common practice for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and WFP, World Food Programme, to collaborate in some of the world’s most difficult humanitarian responses. While UNHCR is mandated to protect ...

GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is aware of images circulating on various social media platforms which show a misuse of a UNHCR-branded tarpaulin in Sudan by military actors. While we cannot verify this ...

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Please help refugees in need.

UNHCR is on the ground in 136 countries. We employ 20,305 people who deliver life-saving aid, advocate for the fundamental human rights of people forced to flee, and help those living in limbo to ...