A delegation of four MEPs will go to Jordan on 11-14 February to meet refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria and to see at first hand the conditions on the ground. The MEPs will also talk to local authorities and international organisations working in the field. The aim is to assess the refuge...

Cooperation protocol has been signed with the Turkish Red Crescent for the joint activities to be carried out within the scope of UNICEF Syria Humanitarian Aid Operation Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey Ambassador Jean- Maurice Ripert , Director General for Multilateral Pol...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for calm and an easing of tensions on Turkey’s borders with the European Union in light of the present increased movements of people there – including refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR is monitoring developments in Turkey and in Greece and is offering ...

Member Nations briefed on famine-fighting efforts in four at-risk countries 6 July 2017, Rome - Preventing famine in northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen urgently requires intensified humanitarian support and further funding. That was the message of an event hosted by the UN's Foo...

Two years after the 2014 census was conducted, government officials are just getting around to explaining the point of all those questions that members of the public were made to answer. On August 31 and September 1, officials from the Ministry of Immigration and Population met with Karen State l...