Junior Professional Officers (JPOs) are young professionals who are interested in the UN and humanitarian work, who prove able to contribute to UNHCR’s future and its work on behalf of refugees, ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers the ...

At UNHCR we work with data and statistics, which are helping us to understand important information to save, protect and improve the lives of refugees, other forcibly displaced and stateless people.

Millions of people around the world are denied the right to a nationality, leaving them stateless. As a result, they may be unable to access other basic rights and services, such as being able to go ...

Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

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Despite returning to a damaged home and lack of services, former refugee Ibtihal remains hopeful, but more international support is needed to meet humanitarian needs and ensure Syria’s lasting ...

Bangui, Central African Republic - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warn of an impending shortage of emergency aid to the growing number of Sudanese refugees in the ...

More than 100 million people around the world have been forced to flee war, conflict and persecution. They need to be protected, but we can't do it without the support of people like you. With your ...

Kharkiv, Ukraine, 10 February – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in partnership with LWF, the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, and local organization Spilna Sprava Dlia Liudey and in coordination ...