UNHCR Stories
The UN refugee agency warned that if the flooding continues, about 400,000 people could be displaced by the end of the year, exceeding the levels seen...
The report shows international migration has risen sharply, climbing from 4.1 million people in 2013 to 6.8 million in 2022, an increase of nearly two...
Regarding their place of origin, Somalia remains the leading source of refugees to Kenya, followed by South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo...
UN Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of UNON, Zainab Bangura, said fraudsters are increasingly reaching out through social media platforms...
As of May 2023, more than 208,000 Rwandan refugees were hosted in the DRC, while an estimated 81,000 Congolese refugees lived in Rwanda.
The day was set aside by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1981 to enhance the implementation of existing legal regimes that protect individu...
Uganda's progressive refugee policy allows refugees to live, work and access public services, but funding shortfalls are drastically impacting aid del...
The unrest highlights the growing strain on humanitarian operations at Kakuma, where aid groups have been struggling to maintain services amid sharp f...
While conflict persists across much of Sudan, IOM reports that pockets of relative safety have emerged, and to date, over a million internally displac...
The report attributed the crisis to fighting, economic problems, rising food prices, disease outbreaks and extreme weather conditions including drough...
Data shows that between 2019 and 2023, around 183,000 skilled refugees from eight nationalities were granted job visas in wealthier countries.
Grandi said, "The time to de-escalate is right now. Once people are forced to flee, there's no quick way back and all too often, the consequences last...
Nearly 13 million people have been uprooted from their homes in West and Central Africa. The UN Refugee Agency blames migration trends and conflict fo...
Statistics show that nearly 1.2 million people have crossed into South Sudan since April 2023, straining already fragile systems amid a worsening huma...
2024 saw a record 41,370 grave violations against children,the highest number verified in nearly 30 years of monitoring/
The three-year M23 insurgency in the eastern DRC intensified in January with the M23 rebels, largely made up of Tutsi fighters, seizing control of mor...
Civilians are caught in a devastating humanitarian crisis involving sexual and gender-based violence. This kind of violence not only contributes to fo...
According to the UNHCR data, the Dadaab camps currently host approximately 500,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers.
The funding seeks to support more than half a million refugees and displaced youth in completing their education by 2030.
With millions displaced and countless more in dire need of humanitarian support, UNHCR says current aid funding stands at less than 10 per cent of wha...
The funding gaps mean refugees may have to pay for their health care, but many lack the financial means. This will increase the burden on already over...
Hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced, while more than 100,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries in less than three...
Last month, the United States, one of the agency’s biggest financiers, ordered a 90-day suspension of all foreign assistance, forcing the UNHCR to sca...
Legal aid programmes that used to provide justice to victims have been dismantled, allowing perpetrators to act without consequences.
Deputy Camp Manager Sylvester Kuya announced that movement in and out of the camp during curfew hours would not be allowed.
About 45,000 displaced people are sheltering in a crowded open-air stadium in Rugombo, a few km (miles) from the border with Democratic Republic of Co...
Several areas in northwest Burundi are overwhelmed with people, some of whom have been displaced several times and have arrived injured or with health...
Since the war began, over nine million people have been displaced within Sudan, including 266,000 refugees forced to flee multiple times.
Earlier, MPs from the host community raised contentious issues bedevilling the successful implementation of the plan.
