The Latest Breaking News from UNHCR

Advocates are calling on the federal government to open a new visa pathway for refugees via broader community sponsorship of asylum seekers

Pakistan says it will extend the validity of Proof of Registration cards of 1.45 million Afghan refugees for one year.

Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia ask to be evacuated from the country after facing repeated attacks from local militias.

Fighting has been reported in the towns of Sinja, Sennar and Dinder, prompting an exodus of civilians.

Dozens missing after fishing vessel left from border of Senegal and Gambia with 170 believed to have been on board.

Refugees and migrants face extreme violence, abuse and exploitation on land routes crossing Africa to get to the Mediterranean, with far more believed to be dying there than at sea, a UN-backed report said Friday.

The U.N. and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading north toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing dangerous land routes in the Sahara where criminal gangs roam subject them to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom and other abuses

A year ago, RSF forces are accused of massacring Masalit people in Darfur. Survivors are scarred and relearning to walk.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that without concerted peace efforts in war-torn Sudan, people will continue to flee to neighbouring countries. Filippo Grandi's comments came ahead of World Refugee Day Thursday, when he highlighted the desperate plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people across Africa.

Depopulation can be a serious problem – ultimately, a shrinking community can’t maintain its services. But asylum seekers are bringing ghost villages back to life

This year’s theme is Solidarity with Refugees