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...

The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR's Turkey Representative Carol Batchelor has called on nations to open their borders and ease visa requirements to accommodate Syrian shelter-seekers, warning of a lost generation should they fail. Refugee protection is an international responsibility, Batch...

Almost 2.3 million Syrian refugees have fled horrific and tragic situaton in war-torn country. 76 percent of the current 2.3 million Syrian refugees fleeing "a horrific and tragic situation" in the country are women and children, United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency Turkey Representative Carol Batc...

News Stories, 17 January 2014 HARRAN-KÖKENLI REFUGEE CAMP, Turkey, January 17 (UNHCR) –UNHCR on Friday joined top officials from Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt in calling on the international community to boost solidarity with countries hosting the bulk of the refugees fleeing the confli...

The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that more than 20,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Turkey since the start of the year in the biggest influx since early 2013. Over recent days more than 500 people have been arriving daily across official crossing points, sometimes as many as 1,000-2,000 ...

"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...

The escalated insurgent violence in Iraq and Syria hax triggered a new form of terror known as "lone wolf" attacks, the head of the UN refugee agency says, warning against the impact of crises in the region The tragedies in Syria and Iraq are the source of "a new form of terror", the U.N. High ...

Officials said Turkey and UN refugee agency will cooperate to deliver 12 mobile clinics, 10 ambulances and 10 vaccination units. The Turkish Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency and UNHCR signed an agreement Tuesday to provide humanitarian services to needy Syrian refugee...