World | Wed Nov 4, 2015 12:26pm EST Related: WORLD, GREECE, MIGRANT CRISIS Greece carries out first relocation of refugees to Luxembourg ATHENS | BY MICHELE KAMBAS Greece relocated six asylum-seeking families to Luxembourg on Wednesday, the first such transfer from its soil under an European Un...

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 25 September 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Additional Speaker: Amin Awad, Director UNHCR Bureau for Middle East & N.Africa / Regional Refugee Co...

Saturday 10 December saw the Bokolmayo refugee camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia celebrating International Day of Human Rights. The day marked the culmination of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. UNHCR and its humanitarian partners, together with the general refugee community and Ethiopian ...

Concerning the land grabbing issues, Union of farmers and agriculture workers made a statement on August 11 at the Myanmar Journalist Congress Office in Yangon. The present land grabbing problems arisen due to cheating of current laws according to the Union. Therefore, present laws on ownership of...

Ali Mboudou was at home with his children one night in late 2015 when Boko Haram militants entered his village. They came in trucks and on foot from many directions, heavily armed. “We were surrounded. Everyone was a hostage,” he tells IRIN via a translator. “After two days, some of our men ca...

UNHCR and Government of Liberia Host Workshop on Statelessness MONROVIA, 30 JAN 2015 — UNHCR and the Government of Liberia through the LRRRC will host a two-day training workshop on statelessness 3-4 February as part of a global push to end the problem worldwide within 10 years. UN High Comm...

(UNHCR) resumed Friday the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees The governments of Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resumed Friday the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, which...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have said they would jointly commemorate the first anniversary of the Abidjan Declaration to Eradicate Statelessness in West Africa by 2024 on Thursday, 25 February, 2016. Last year, ministers from the 15 Eco...