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Some 300 feared dead in fresh Mediterranean tragedy.
UNHCR High Commissioner expresses shock at boat capsizing in Mediterranean and the hundreds of lives lost.
Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018.
UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres and Special Envoy Angelina Jolie warn about the scale of the crisis in the Mediterranean.
A small UNHCR team visited Arwad to assess the needs of people on the island, and to identify those who should receive assistance.
Hundreds are feared dead after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, these are some of the few who survived the journey.
A mother and kindergarten teacher, Hope fled the violence plaguing her home country of Nigeria with her daughters. Two of her daughters went missing at sea.
This latest horrific incident involving human smugglers shows the urgent need to create safe legal alternatives for refugees.
Millions of refugees have fled violence and persecution in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries seeking safety in Europe.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, calls for urgent support to prevent deaths and protect refugees and asylum seekers who are embarking on dangerous journeys by land and sea.
Thirteen-year-old Malak from Syria made his way through the Evros border crossing into Greece, not knowing when he'd see his family again.
Two years after three-year-old Alan Kurdi was found on a Turkish beach, UNHCR urges the international community to take robust action to prevent more tragedies.
Three years after the onset of the conflict there, Syria has become the world's leading country of forced displacement, with more than 9 million people uprooted from their homes.
As the refugee crisis in Europe continues to grow, so does UNHCR’s response to handling the continuing flow of refugees into Europe.
UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report said 65.3 million people were displaced as of the end of 2015. This is the first time that the threshold of 60 million has been crossed.
Gifts from UNHCR donors provide emergency shelter, food, water, healthcare and basic necessities. These photos tell the story.
Fairuz and Hannah felt they had no choice but to leave their son behind in order to save the others from airstrikes in Yemen.
The Kovler Fund pledged $100,000 to UNHCR to ensure that people traveling by sea who need international protection can receive it.
New report says wars, conflict and persecution have forced more people to flee than at any other time since records began.
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection said government responses have ranged from the most humane through to blanket denials of access to asylum and forced returns.
Is there a difference between 'refugee' and 'migrant'? Yes, the two terms have distinct meanings and confusing them leads to problems for both populations.
In June 2018, Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-born American and the author of 'The Kite Runner,' traveled to Lebanon as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Still haunted by the image of the lifeless body of Alan Kurdi — the 3-year-old Syrian refugee boy who died at sea while fleeing to Europe in 2015 — he wanted to understand what drives families to make such desperate journeys. Here are a few of the people Khaled met.
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie appeared in front of the UN Security Council to raise awareness on the ongoing refugee crisis in Syria.