Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person looking for help? Visit the HELP site to find support and services from UNHCR. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the ...

When new refugee situations arise, it is vitally important that the concept of asylum be steadfastly upheld and the work of protection fully understood. Poul Hartling served as foreign minister and ...

At first, 102-year-old Saada was reluctant to leave Syria. Even when the bombing started, she simply continued with her daily routine. Eventually, her grandson persuaded her to flee to Lebanon, but ...

Will you join us and help people forced to flee conflict and persecution? Every voice, helping hand, social media share or signature matters. By standing with UNHCR you can make a difference. Whether ...

Good health is an essential requirement for refugees to be able to rebuild their lives. Yet years or decades of forced displacement can take a significant toll on an individual’s health and wellbeing.

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Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

The climate crisis impacts all of us. But not equally. Refugees, displaced people and their host communities are living on the frontlines of a changing world. 60 percent of the world’s refugees and ...

Our priorities are to promote enabling conditions for voluntary repatriation, to ensure the exercise of a free and informed choice, and to mobilize support for returnees. In practice, we promote and ...

Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person looking for help? Visit the HELP site to find support and services from UNHCR. The DRC remains gripped by one of the world’s most complex ...