This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 September 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 138,000 refugees, mainly Kurds, fleeing ISIS threats to towns and villages in the northern...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 11 February 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 20,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Turkey since the start of the year in the biggest in...

The U.N.’s refugee chief on June 18 urged the international community, including Western states, to open up their borders and follow Turkey’s example in hosting Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “Usually, there is no limit to the generosity of the less rich. But unfortunately the richest countries in th...

The United Nations' refugee agency will seek additional resources for Turkey, the world's largest host of refugees, and push for more resettlement, its head said on Saturday, as the civil war in Syria is set to enter its sixth year. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for a...

The new head of the UN’s refugee agency visited a camp in southeastern Turkey on Friday. Filippo Grandi, who became the High Commissioner for Refugees earlier this month, arrived at the camp in Gaziantep province’s Nizip district where some of the near 2.5 million refugees housed by Turkey are st...

In Turkey the number of Syrians arriving at the border has increased dramatically. Compared to previous weeks, which saw around 400-500 people arriving daily, up to 5000 people have been arriving at the borders every day over the past two weeks. In the past 24 hours over 3000 Syrians are reported t...

KILIS, Turkey, September 13 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and his Special Envoy Angelina Jolie reiterated the urgent need to help countries hosting tens of thousands of Syrian refugees after visiting two of 12 well-organized camps located near Turkey's border with Syri...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Turkey Office signed a humanitarian assistance cooperation protocol agreement yesterday with the Turkish Red Crescent Society (Kızılay) in order to buy 18,500 tents at a cost of $15.4 million to provide shelter to 92,500 Syrians in Turkey Th...

News Stories, 6 March 2013 © UNHCR/N.Daoud A line of Syrian refugee women, some carrying children, cross into Jordan from southern Syria. The outflow this year has been staggering. GENEVA, March 6 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency, citing data received from UNHCR's offices in the Syria region, on...

The Government of the People’s Republic of China has generously contributed USD 1 million to UNHCR. This contribution will be used primarily for provision of emergency humanitarian supplies to Syrian refugees in Turkey and will contribute to winterization of the refugee camps. Management of the firs...