Iraq In the last week, 4,165 Syrian refugees entered Kurdistan in Iraq joining the 14,410 Syrian Kurds already seeking refuge in the region. Some 1,100 of these arrived yesterday a record for daily arrivals. 22,847 Syrians have fled to Iraq since the conflict began, with more than 80 per cent in...

News Stories, 11 September 2012 ZA'ATRI, Jordan, September 11 (UNHCR) – UNHCR chief António Guterres and Special Envoy Angelina Jolie have heard harrowing tales of suffering and cross-border escape during meetings with Syrian refugees in northern Jordan. Guterres and Jolie on Tuesday both vis...

An accelerated registration exercise begins today in Jordan, aiming to process up to 1,400 Syrian refugees a day in the Amman registration center. This number will increase further once the registration center in Irbid, in northern Jordan, becomes operational. Two teams are working between 7am and 9...

Beirut,15 March 2013-During his last visit to Lebanon, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres reiterated his call for governments to create special funds to support Syrian refugees and the countries that host them.Speaking to journalists in Beirut on the second anniversary of the start o...

Refugee protection is the responsibility of the entire global community, not only Turkey or other neighboring countries, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative to Turkey Carol Batchelor has said. “We need a more robust response from the international community to help...

"We are grateful to Turkey" Ms. Carol Batchelor, UNHCR Turkey Representative, speaking to Al Jazeera, has thanked Turkey for its solid stance vis-a-vis Syrian asylum seekers and reminded that "this is an international responsibility". There are more than 51 million people forced to flee world...

World Refugee Day United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Turkey Representative Ms. Carol Batchelor, stating that as of 2013 more than 50 million people have been forced to flee their homes, seek asylum in other places within their own country or in other countries, noted as follo...

In the bleak early hours of the morning a Syrian family of five slowly steps out of a bus after a long journey from Jordan's border with Syria. Despite overwhelming fatigue, this is a moment of great relief. They are finally safe. "We left our home in Syria 13 days ago. We left our home at five o...

Mrs Liz Ahua, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for West Africa, says massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone poses great dangers of statelessness for victims. Ahua said this on Sunday in Banjul at the opening ceremony of a three-day ministeria...

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