UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, unveiled today the “Refugees for Climate Action” network, an initiative designed to amplify the voices of displaced communities in the global climate debate. The network ...

People forced to flee war, violence and persecution are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of the global ...

Forcibly displaced people attending the global climate summit in Azerbaijan have been calling on decision makers to address ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in coordination with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), launched today an initiative to develop an advanced global early warning and response ...

A UNHCR project in South Sudan is building dykes to protect flood-prone farmland in Maban and supporting refugee and local ...

As we approach next week’s grim mark of 1,000 days since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the needs of civilians are growing amid intense attacks and as another gruelling ...

Dozens of refugee families in eastern Chad are caring for orphaned and unaccompanied children amid what the UN is calling the world’s largest child displacement crisis.

As world leaders gather at the COP29 summit, climate change has reduced the availability of natural resources in Nigeria, aggravating clashes between communities in Benue State, and displacing some ...

The continuing bloodshed in Sudan has created the world's worst civilian protection crisis in decades – and the world is not paying any attention. This week we reached a devastating milestone. Since ...

States have the primary responsibility to protect refugees. UNHCR has a mandate to provide international protection to refugees and support the efforts of host governments by seeking funding for, and ...

The atmosphere in the Timangolo refugee camp in eastern Cameroon is filled with excitement as refugees from the Central Africa Republic (CAR) prepare for a long-awaited journey home. Halimatou Sadia, ...

We are living through a time of rapid change. A time of promise — only a few weeks ago, the Pact for the Future was adopted here in New York — but also a time of peril. Of great uncertainty.