For me, to be civilized boils down to being willing to work against our own lesser interests in order to alleviate greater ...

UNHCR protects and safeguards the rights of refugees, asylum-seekers, people displaced within their own country and stateless persons.

Refugees International expressed concern Friday over the deteriorating conditions faced by Sudanese refugees in Egypt, urging immediate international intervention to safeguard their rights. The ...

After World War II, 'People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn't ...

The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Friday that Rwanda-supported M23 ...

" Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer and <a href=" Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Peru, Laura Almirall, inaugurated the new premises of the Executive Secretariat of ...

Poland’s parliament on Friday approved a draft bill to partially suspend the right of asylum for some migrants as part of a ...

Since February, over 40,000 Congolese nationals – majority women and children – have arrived in Burundi seeking international ...

Four key sports organisations and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently joined efforts for the ...

An asylum-seeker is someone who is seeking international protection. Learn more about asylum-seekers and how UNHCR protects them.

Sudanese refugees who fled the ongoing conflict in their homeland are facing arbitrary detention and human rights violations in Egypt, according to a report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The ...