Peru is now the largest refugee hosting country in Latin America, with 126,997 asylum applications since 2014.

Over 117,000 asylum claims from Venezuelans have already been filed in 2018, surpassing the total number of claims made in all of 2017.

Afghanistan Protection Cluster has released its national Factheet for May! Check it out here: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/64119

On 20 June, in celebration of World Refugee Day, UNHCR met the Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi, to discuss the situation of refugees in Tunisia.

World Refugee Day was marked by Ankara office with a concert with refugee and Turkish music bands in Istanbul with the participation of refugees and host community.

UNHCR marked the World Refugee Day through activities held across Turkey.

As of 12 June, the 2018 Burundi RRP is only 11% funded. Urgent funding is needed to meet the needs of Burundi refugees in DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

2017 Global Trends report was launched.

Community support project (CSP) “Dream Garden” launched in Samsun with the Samsun Governorate Directorate of National Education with the support of UNHCR.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds Spain for its actions today in bringing to an end a sea-rescue crisis on the Mediterranean after a ship, the Aquarius, was refused permission to land and disembark elsewhere more than 600 rescued people. After spending over a week at sea, and with some having been transferred from the Aquarius to two Italian ships, the over 600 people were finally disembarked today in the port of Valencia, where their needs will be assessed, including identifying any who might be at risk and in need of international protection. UNHCR has offered support to the Spanish authorities. “We’re grateful this ordeal is over for all involved, but this incident is something that should never have happened in the first place,” said Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. “Rescue at sea is too important a principle to jeopardize, and any wavering about disembarkation presents grave peril not just to refugees and migrants but to anyone in difficulty at sea.” UNHCR advocates for assured and predictable regional disembarkation in situations of rescue at sea - and following disembarkation, for proper responsibility sharing arrangements, to avoid situations in which countries are penalized by being left to manage processing and follow up alone. UNHCR is ready to work with States of the Mediterranean to achieve this.