Myanmar nationals can now visit Thailand using upgraded security passes via Kawthoung, according to Department of Immigration. The department issued the border passes starting from December 8 for travellers who want to visit Ranong in Thailand. The border pass system is connected with a server in...

Friday 12 November 2021 UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA TO VISIT ZAMBIA Lusaka, Zambia – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s Regional Director for Southern Africa, Mr. Valentin Tapsoba, arrives in Zambia on Sunday 14 November 2021 for a ten-day official visit. Mr. Tapsoba, who oversees U...

By Tara Fischer in Darfur and Mohamed El Fatih El Naiem in Khartoum | 26 October 2017 Twenty-five Sudanese refugee leaders are returning to their home villages for the first time this week on go-and-see visits organised by UNHCR and its government counterparts in Chad and Sudan. This follows...

Saturday, 22 July 2024 UNHCR Operations Chief Observes Refugee Day and Kicks Off Inclusive Development and Solutions Dialogue Lusaka, Zambia – 22 June 2024 – Mr Raouf Mazou, the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at UNHCR, has commended Zambia for its steadfast commitment to a progress...

Kle Wah was seven-years-old when he walked from Myanmar to Thailand, seeking safety in a refugee camp. The trek took a month. His mother didn’t make it. She died in the forest. "Burmese soldier come and burn our house," he said. "If you don’t run they get killing our people." Short, load...

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...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is on a three-day visit to the Horn of Africa to show solidarity with displaced Somalis during Eid il-Fitr. Over the Eid period, UNHCR is airlifting 240 metric tonnes of aid from Saudi Arabia to Somalia. The assistance comprises dry goods and spe...

At Minawao refugee camp in northern Cameroon, UN staff are busy registering new arrivals. Refugees who cross the border in search of safety arrive at this camp, where they join over 30,000 others who fled the insurgency in Nigeria's northeastern states. Most of the refugees started to come to the...

Mr. Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation of Canada visited Mentao Refugee camp in the Soum on 11 September 2012 with UNHCR, who organized the visit together with the Embassy of Canada in Ouagadougou. During his visit, the Minister met and interacted with refugee leaders, a group of ...