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New York: The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is anticipating a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year. more
UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors

New York: Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in a briefing to ...

UN refugee agency calls for ‘new chapter for refugee protection’ across Europe

New York: As Portugal assumes the presidency of the European Union (EU), to be followed by Slovenia later this year, the UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on them to lead the ef ...

UN refugee agency presses States to aid 49 refugees stranded on Mediterranean

New York,: The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), on the last day of 2018, called on UN Member States to urgently offer safe ports of disembarkation for 49 refugees and migrants, incl ...

Myanmar: Displaced Rohingya at risk of ‘re-victimization’ warns UN refugee agency

New York, May 5 (Just Earth News): The tens of thousands of members of Myanmar’s Rohingya community who fled inter-communal violence in north of the country and sought refuge in Banglade ...