Formally known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1950 in the aftermath of the Second World War to help the ...

US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order adressing so-called egregious actions of the Republic of South Africa, ...

Who qualifies as a Palestinian refugee? And should this status be inherited indefinitely – even by millionaires?

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday welcomed the release of 39 refugees from a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli. "UNHCR welcomes the release of 39 ...

Please beware that there is a contemporary political malady. Regrettably, there is the disconcerting malpractice whereby ...

Burundi is facing its largest refugee crisis in decades as tens of thousands flee escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The resurgence of the M23 rebel group has forced ...

Tajikistan is the most welcoming state in Central Asia for forced migrants, according to a just-released survey conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The UNHCR survey ...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said this database would provide real-time data, making it easier for ...

The United Nations is the world’s principal organization for deliberating matters of peace and security, but its work encompasses far more than peacekeeping and conflict prevention. The UN ...