UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

unhcr - 15/08/2012

Hungarian students compete to highlight the work of UNHCR The Supply Management Service (SMS) of UNHCR has just concluded the 2nd annual video and poster compet...

unhcr - 09/08/2012

As the situation worsens in Syria, UNHCR is bracing itself for what may lie ahead. Relief efforts are underway, as the UNHCR warehouse in the Jordanian city of ...

unhcr - 09/08/2012

107,000 Malians have arrived in this small West African country since January. They have abandoned everything to escape the conflict in northern Mali and now mu...

unhcr - 07/08/2012

As the number of refugees grows in Za'atri camp so do their needs. In less than a week, the number of refugees has tripled. UN agencies have adopted a co-operat...

unhcr - 06/08/2012

The Mali crisis has driven over 250,000 people into the region. UNHCR chief António Guterres travelled to the largest host country in a call for more support.

unhcr - 01/08/2012

Za'atri camp in Jordan has received its first residents - Syrian refugees from the Bashabsheh makeshift site. Five hundred have moved in as relocation continues...

unhcr - 01/08/2012

As the Syrian influx continues, UNHCR is building Za'atri, a new refugee camp in Jordan with a potential capacity to host 113,000 refugees. Information for med...

unhcr - 26/07/2012

At the London Olympics, Urige Buta will be running for gold in the marathon for his new country: Norway.

unhcr - 16/07/2012

The returnees board two dozen buses bound for their ancestral home -- which today is a village called Torit. They are for the most part women and children. Some...

unhcr - 11/07/2012

UNHCR's 2012 World Refugee Day global social advocacy campaign, "Dilemmas", aims to help fight intolerance and xenophobia against refugees. UNHCR supporter Juan...