This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – in response to questions received at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in ...

Intensifying Russian attacks across Ukraine are killing and injuring increasing numbers of civilians, forcing people to flee ...

TOKYO – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new four-year partnership to help forcibly displaced people move beyond long-term aid dependency and ...

When full-scale war forced Dr Inna Soldatenko to flee Ukraine in 2022, she left behind a career and community built over ...

Hollingsworth, Representative of UNHCR UkraineI strongly condemn last night’s Russian missile and drone attack on Dnipro, that claimed at least two civilian lives, injured more, and also hit a ...

Companies interested in engaging with UNHCR for business opportunities and tender processes are invited to register on the UNHCR Supplier registration portal. This centralized platform facilitates the ...

Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person looking for help? Visit the HELP site to find support and services from UNHCR. Conflict in Myanmar continues to intensify, causing new internal ...

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These annexes show the number of people in each population group that UNHCR protects and/or assists. These include people who have been forcibly displaced (refugees, asylum-seekers, other people in ...

Iran is a signatory to the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol since July 1976, yet it reserved Articles 17, 23, 24, and 26 of the 1951 Refugee Convention, covering wageearning employment, public ...

As of the end of June 2025, the most recent reporting period, 117.3 million people had been forced to flee their homes globally due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or ...

UNHCR provides these comments in response to the UK Government’s policy paper ‘Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy’ published in November 2025.