Five days into the most violent and wide-reaching attacks Lebanon has experienced in almost two decades, we have now reached what we have been warning against and fearing: a humanitarian catastrophe.

The following statement is attributable to Mr. Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative to the United States and the Caribbean  Washington, DC – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the United States ...

The following statement is attributable to Mr. Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative to the United States and the Caribbean  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, restates its profound concern as the U.S.

Prolonged conflict, serious human rights abuses and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law are unleashing grave suffering on internally displaced Congolese and refugees, the UN Refugee ...

Sudan have fuelled the world’s worst hunger crisis At the UN General Assembly today, the United Nations and Member States will call for stepped-up action to end the war and to fast-track the ...

In the last 72 hours, well over 30,000 people are estimated to have crossed into Syria from Lebanon, fleeing the violence. The Syrian authorities are keeping the border open to allow Lebanese and ...

UNHCR is outraged and deeply saddened by the killing of two beloved members of the UNHCR family in Lebanon. Dina Darwiche has been working with UNHCR for 12 years in UNHCR’s Bekaa office, eastern ...

Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people are fleeing Lebanon for Syria in desperation as Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate civilian lives. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up its support ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued its latest legal guidance today on the way States should treat asylum-seekers who arrive at their borders in an irregular way. Under Article 31 of the Refugee ...