“Go and check the voter lists” is the persistent refrain of worried opposition activists on a door-to-door campaign in Burma, armed with copies of electoral rolls they say are riddled with errors and could deny many the chance to vote in a historic ballot. Criss-crossing neighbourhoods, opposition ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting partners and local governments across Colombia and throughout the region to address the growing needs of Venezuelans on the move. Projects range from outfitting food kitchens and temporary shelters to bolstering the resources of hospitals and supporting ch...

Le ministre de la Réconciliation et de la Cohésion nationale, Kouadio Konan Bertin était hier, dans les locaux du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) sis aux II Plateaux. Au nom du gouvernement, il a félicité Angèle Djohoussou, la représentante de cette institution onusienne,...

By Alex Whiting LONDON, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced than at any time since World War Two, the 2016 Global Peace Index showed on Wednesda...

Nadejda Grosu and Vitalie Ovcearenco had just moved into their new office space in Ialoveni near the Moldovan capital Chisinau when images of refugees fleeing war in Ukraine filled the news channels. The couple’s company makes wooden pallets for local and export markets, and they were expanding t...

The majority of refugees from Ukraine hope to return home as soon as possible but around two-thirds expect to stay in their current host countries until hostilities subside and the security situation improves, according to new findings published today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.