BERKASOVO, Serbia, Oct 21, (UNHCR) – It is 6 pm, and night is falling fast. Amr and his family huddle under a makeshift shelter, partially lit by a nearby fire, on a small hill near the Serbian-Croatian border. It is windy and cold -- the temperature having fallen to around 7 degrees. Amr and ...

In Turkey the number of Syrians arriving at the border has increased dramatically. Compared to previous weeks, which saw around 400-500 people arriving daily, up to 5000 people have been arriving at the borders every day over the past two weeks. In the past 24 hours over 3000 Syrians are reported t...

“Identity document is important, identity document is life” To prevent former Liberian refugees in West Africa from becoming stateless, the Liberian government has been conducting re-assesment missions of those at risk of statelessness in countries where they have sought asylum. DAKAR, SENEGAL...

Somali refugees cheer upon the arrival of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (unseen) at the UNHCR/Kenya Red Cross hospital at the IFO2 east camp, within the Dadaab refugee complex, near the Kenya-Somalia border October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

A blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, Yobe state, on Tuesday. The explosion happened at the Tashar Dan-Borno motor park, on the outskirts of the city but rescuers could not immediately determine the number of casualties. “The bus had just loaded with passengers on its way to Kano when a huge ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicenter of a conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could damage an already tense re...

MAIDUGURI—A Boko Haram suicide bomber yesterday sneaked into the Maiduguri Abattoir at Cattle Market (Kasuwan Shanu) killing 10 people and injuring scores of others. The incident occurred at the peak of trading at about 1:25 pm when the market was crowded with traders and buyers. This is coming l...

News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened at the news of another shipwreck in the Mediterranean, which may have left up to 146 people dead or missing. This morning in Lampedusa,...

MONROVIA, LIBERIA, 24 MARCH 2015 (UNHCR) – A former Ethiopian refugee who earned his medical degree with support from UNHCR’s German Academic Refugee Initiative has returned to his roots as a refugee to oversee health and nutrition services in one of Liberia’s three refugee camps. Dr. Zelalem Birha...