UNHCR

Technology
June 22, 2020
Google donates additional $300K to help displaced persons
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced an additional $300,000 grant to help the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) further prepare refugees for the changing nature of work. Google.org would host online training…
Syria
October 23, 2019
Syrian man sets himself on fire outside UN building: police
GENEVA: A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police told AFP. The…
Middle East
June 21, 2019
Over 130 refugees airlifted to Niger from Libyan capital
Tripoli:A total of 131 refugees were evacuated to Niger from Tripoli, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday – tge World Refugee Day – urging states to help it…
News
June 19, 2019
More than 70 mn forcibly displaced worldwide: UNHCR
Geneva: The number of people fleeing violence, persecution and conflict in 2018 has exceeded 70 million globally – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years of…
News
June 9, 2019
Angelina Jolie seeks more international support for Venezuela
Bogota [Colombia]: Hollywood star and special envoy for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie on Saturday urged the international community to provide more support to Venezuela, from…
Middle East
April 18, 2019
Saudi sisters plead for help after fleeing to Georgia
Tbilisi: Two Saudi sisters have issued a plea for international protection after fleeing to ex-Soviet Georgia in the latest case of women fleeing oppression in the ultra-conservative kingdom. In a…
Middle East
April 16, 2019
At least 174 killed in fight for Libya’s Tripoli: WHO
Tripoli: At least 174 people have been killed and 758 wounded in the battle for control over the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Fighting broke out…
News
January 21, 2019
Arab states call for return of Syria refugees
Beirut: The fourth annual Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, held in the Lebanese capital Beirut, was marred by the glaring absence of most Arab heads of state. The refugee…
News
January 5, 2019
UNHCR ‘seeking clarification’ from India over Rohingya return
Geneva: The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday it had asked India for “clarification” over its recent repatriation of a group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, the second…