UNHCR is concerned about the fate of hundreds of irregular migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees, following the closure over the weekend of a makeshift camp in the Greek city of Patras. Earl...

UNHCR staff in Libya have been carrying out interviews with 82 people who were intercepted by the Italian Navy on the high seas on July 1 about 30 nautical miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa. ...

The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and UNHCR yesterday (Monday) signed a partnership agreement to support vital humanitarian operations in Pakistan. The agreement - signed on the UAE's b...

The escalating conflict in Mogadishu is having a devastating impact on the city’s population causing enormous suffering and massive displacement. By yesterday, the eight-week-long offensive led by the...

UNHCR has welcomed a decision by the Tanzanian government to give more time for the voluntary repatriation of some 36,000 Burundian camp-based refugees.

The Mtabila refugee camp in Kasulu district i...