The Latest Breaking News from UNHCR

A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria have been crossing a narrow makeshift bridge in the Qusair area of Syria’s Homs province since the official border crossing was put out of commission by an Israeli strike two days earlier

140 Rohingya Muslims stranded on boat off Aceh coast, facing refusal to disembark. UNHCR and local community providing assistance. Rohingya face discrimina...

Sister Rosita Milesi runs national network helping refugees across Brazil and has helped shape public policy.

Two weeks ago, Sadia*, a 19-year-old Rohingya asylum seeker in India, was finally able to terminate her pregnancy that resulted from a reported rape that happened in Tripura in June. It cost her 10,000 Bangladeshi Taka (Rs 7,000) to abort in a private hospital in Bangladesh.

UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi arrives in nation to show 'solidarity' with beleaguered nation and to plead for help

Lebanon faces a severe crisis due to Israeli airstrikes, causing mass displacement and casualties. Urgent international action is needed to address the hum...

Learn about the escalating humanitarian crisis as 160,000 individuals flee Lebanon to Syria amid ongoing conflict.

Es Devlin has partnered with UK for UNHCR on a free and open-to-all exhibition, ‘Congregation’, in London from 3-9 October 2024

President Joe Biden's restrictions on asylum endanger the lives of people fleeing poverty and violence, UNHCR said