The East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes region is host to some 4.97 million refugees and asylum seekers, the majority (2.15 million) from South Sudan. A further 11.49 million people are internally...

Update on UNHCR’s work and activities in Estonia, carried out by UNHCR and partners in Q2 2023

Executive Summary of UCAB-UNHCR study on Venezuelan returnees

Together with its main government counterpart, the Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), UNHCR coordinates the response to the refugee situation in the country, extending protection, providing lifesav...

Regional overview of refugees and asylum-seekers

By the end of July 2023, Burundi was host to 309,936 persons of concern.This includes 214,543 returnees mainly from Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC and Uganda and a further 87,216 refugees and asylum-seekers, a...

Update on UNHCR’s work and activities in Latvia, carried out by UNHCR and partners in Q2 2023

Overview of Refugees, asylum-seekers and IDPs as of 31 July 2023

Following poor rainfall in recent years, along with changing climatic conditions, the Horn of Africa region is facing a catastrophic drought. The drought is severely affecting millions of refugees, in...