Poor and vulnerable communities across the world, including the forcibly displaced, struggle with the pandemic’s far-reaching consequences.
Our donors help fund opportunities for refugees to become self-sufficient, learn new skills and pursue opportunities to rebuild their lives.
Families and unaccompanied children are fleeing horrific gang violence.
Panagiota speaks Greek. The refugees she helps speak Arabic. Neither understands a word the other says.
Help refugees rebuild their lives. You can provide families with seeds and gardening tools, which they can use to grow food both to feed themselves and generate income for other basic necessities.
With more than 216 countries affected by COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic is a global challenge that affects us all - including refugees and other people displaced by conflict or persecution.
With more than 900,000 refugees and asylum-seekers living inside the country, Ethiopia is home to the second largest refugee population in Africa.
During refugee crises, UNHCR rushes in humanitarian aid and its expert staff, leading efforts to save lives and relieve suffering.
Mana and Ghalia are starting a driving school exclusively for women in the Dakhla camp to empower young people and foster community spirit.
Despite grave threats to their safety, refugee mothers like Aisha are strong, resilient and determined to secure their children’s futures.
During the pandemic, millions of stateless people are struggling to access healthcare and other basic services because they lack identity documents.
UNHCR is seeking $745 million as it races to prepare for and prevent outbreaks of COVID-19 among refugees and other displaced populations around the globe.
The central Sahel is facing one of the world's fastest growing displacement crises. More than 2.7 million people have been forced to flee and at least 13.4 million need humanitarian assistance.
The UN refugee agency on Friday welcomed government efforts to contain a wave of xenophobia in South Africa.
UNHCR is today warning that hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Yemenis are at heightened risk of food insecurity.
The staff and current board of directors of USA for UNHCR welcome new board members Yasmin Causer and Virginia Tenpenny.
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The Sahel is facing one of the fastest growing displacement crises in the world. More than 2.7 million people have fled violence in the region and at least 13.4 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance
Ongoing violence between armed groups has forced hundreds of thousands of families to flee the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2013.
After a decade of conflict, Syria remains the world’s largest refugee crisis. More than 6.6 million Syrians have been forced to flee their country since 2011 and another 6 million people have been internally displaced inside the country.
What is happening in Syria today risks escalating very quickly into a disaster that could overwhelm the international response capacity.
Tension in Ukraine has displaced an estimated 10,000 civilians and added that the number of people affected is continuing to rise.
UNHCR is preparing to receive as many as 130,000 refugees who could flee by boat to Africa to escape the conflict in Yemen.
Meet Sasha, Jacqueline and Lizbeth — just a few of the people who USA for UNHCR donors helped in the past year.
Over the last 30 years, hundreds of thousands of people have fled Somalia because of political instability and a dangerous civil war.