Turmoil and tragedy in Lesvos as sea arrivals surge, urgent support needed to rapidly improve reception Briefing Notes, 16 October 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 16 October 2015, at ...

Pacaraima (RR) - Desde que a pandemia de covid-19 chegou ao Brasil, a Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM) tem reforçado suas atividades em campo e desenvolvido atividades de prevenção e informação para refugiados, migrantes e comunidade de acolhida. As ações incluem as comunidades indí...

Right now, someone is fleeing for their life because of their gender identity, sexual orientation or sex characteristics. Read the story in Spanish: https://www.acnur.org/noticias/historia/2020/5/5ec300614/lo-que-significa-ser-una-persona-refugiada-lgbti.html

Dos jugadoras venezolanas en Ecuador cuentan las dificultades que han tenido que superar, tanto por su género como por haberse visto obligadas a huir, para llegar al fútbol profesional. Cada vez que María Claudia Pineda y Yosneidy Zambrano entran a la cancha y tocan el balón con sus pies, recuerd...

La Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique Centrale (CEEAC), se félicite du déroulement des opérations, caractérisé par « le climat apaisé » pendant « la campagne électorale » mais aussi « le jour du vote ». La mission de la CEEAC actuellement à Bangui, a publié ce mardi une déclaration dans la...

Nigeria’s war against Boko Haram is finally swinging in the government’s favour, but it’s going to take much longer for food production to recover in the country’s northeast. The same is true in neighbouring Cameroon, which has also felt the impact of the violence. According to the Famine Early W...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Government of Japan sign a USD 6.9 million partnership agreement to support access to documentation and legal services for displaced families and conflict-affected communities in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique. Since 2017, commu...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the Director General of the United Nations Migration Agency, IOM, William Lacy Swing appealed for greater support from the international community to the countries and communities in the region receiving a growing number of refugees and migran...

On September 24, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presented to the authorities of Argentina a joint report with the results of the Protection Monitoring carried out by UNHCR and of the Displacement Monitoring Matrix (DTM)...