Safeguarding the rights and well-being of people forced to flee for over 70 years. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

As part of its drive to expel Afghan citizens from the nation’s capital, Pakistan has deported dozens bearing UNHCR-issued documents, the agency told VOA Thursday. Authorities in Islamabad ...

Cate Blanchett, who is a Goodwill Ambassador for refugee agency UNHCR, and Intl ... The selection committee for the fund will be chaired by Blanchett and includes actor and musician Cynthia ...

The decision comes as President Donald Trump pushes for all government departments to prioritise ‘America First’.

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Coun­cil’s (hereafter “HRC” or “Coun­­cil”) 58th regular session (Feb­­ruary 24 - April 4 2025), ...

Under the new legislation, a Permanent Committee for Refugee Affairs (PCRA ... According to the UNHCR, there are 800,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered with UNHCR Egypt as of October ...

The Paris Catacombs are the City of Light's darkest tourist attraction: labyrinthine tunnels that house the remains of six million people, which were carted from overflowing cemeteries in the late ...

The Democratic National Committee elected Ken Martin as its chair on Saturday afternoon, as the party looks to new leadership to help steer it through President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s path to become the next secretary of health and human services improved considerably today, as his nomination cleared a key Senate committee and he won the support of a ...

By Clarissa-Jan Lim Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, repeatedly used a transphobic slur during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, prompting pushback from one of her ...