UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 29/10/2012

Oumi fled Sudan with her husband and children three months ago on a journey that proved to be painfully tragic.

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 19/10/2012

The Nansen Refugee Award for 2012 is given to Somalia's Hawa Aden Mohamed as an acknowledgement of a life devoted to helping others.

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 12/10/2012

UNHCR says it is facing a multitude of new refugee crises in the Africa and the Middle East that are stretching its capacity to respond. Information for media:...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 09/10/2012

Since it opened in August, Jordan's Za'atri camp for Syrian refugees has been a 24-hour-a-day operation. Information for media: If you would like to use this ...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 05/10/2012

At the conclusion of the annual session of UNHCR's governing body, High Commissioner Guterres calls this an unprecedented time for the UN refugee agency.

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 05/10/2012

Refugees continue to flee to neighbouring countries to escape the bitter conflict in Syria. But in Lebanon space is an issue, especially in the Bekaa Valley. I...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 03/10/2012

On her recent trip to the Middle East, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie met internally displaced Iraqis and refugee returnees to Baghdad. --- About the Uni...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 01/10/2012

Refugee agency chief António Guterres opens annual ExCom meeting with warning that UNHCR being stretched by multiplication of new refugee crises.

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 28/09/2012

The story of one man and his family's flight to Turkey, which is hosting nearly 90,000 Syrian refugees in 13 camps. Information for media: If you would like ...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 28/09/2012

UNHCR and dozens of partner organizations up their appeal for Syrian refugees to US$487.9 million and warn that the number of refugees could reach 700,000 this ...