UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/05/2008

Five years after conflict erupted in the Darfur region of Sudan, there is little let up in the violence. A rare break in the fighting allowed the UN refugee age...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 27/03/2008

Recent violence in Darfur has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and made the delivery of aid almost impossible. A joint UN humanitarian missio...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 27/03/2008

Many Iraqis have found refuge in neighbouring Syria, often they have exhausted their savings and are in an increasingly precarious position. UNHCR is trying to ...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 27/03/2008

Despite a decrease in violence in Iraq, millions of people remain displaced. This is the story of 50 displaced families living in a former hospital in the centr...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 27/03/2008

On a recent visit to Damascus, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres urged donor nations to do more to help host countries like Syria and Jordan lo...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 26/03/2008

A former refugee himself, Luol Deng is helping the UN refugee agency to raise funds for education and sports activities for refugee children.

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 17/12/2007

As conflict in Somalia continues to rage, the number of people fleeing the fighting has topped one million. Makeshift camps close to Mogadishu are overflowing a...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 17/12/2007

Delegates at a recent meeting in Geneva discuss the complex issue of how to better protect asylum seekers making dangerous journeys over land and sea.

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/12/2007

Despite the risks desperate people are willing to pay smugglers to help them escape violence or poverty. To see more videos like this one go to the UNHCR c...

UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/12/2007

As the Mediterranean tourist season draws to a close, another deadly season of maritime people smuggling also ends. This season as in year's past, thousands of ...