UNHCR's deputy chief meets displaced tribespeople in south-west Colombia and condemns those behind the violence that forced them to flee their land.

This morning in Islamabad, UNHCR and other UN staff held a special ceremony to pay homage to colleagues killed in the bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar on Tuesday night. Representatives...

With fewer Afghan refugees going home, UNHCR is concentrating on giving those staying in Iran skills to earn support their families.

UNHCR staff have visited five sites in northern Thailand where Karen villagers are taking shelter after fleeing eastern Myanmar since 3 June. We have now verified the presence of 2,000 recent arrivals....

Three Iraqi refugees produce an album with UNHCR's help and release it on music-sharing sites. The profits will help other refugees in Syria.

As increasing number of people are displaced by violence in north-west Pakistan, UNHCR is ramping up efforts to accommodate fresh arrivals in camps.

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today led staff worldwide in mourning a UNHCR colleague, Aleksandar Vorkapic, who was killed Tuesday night in the bombing...

UNHCR staff mourn their colleague, Aleksandar Vorkapic, who was killed in the bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Thousands of Somalis were forced to flee their homes over the weekend in some of the heaviest and bloodiest street battles in Mogadishu since 8 May when the latest round of fighting between government...

Today and yesterday we have sent our staff to villages and a cave in northern Thailand to find out more details about a group of Karen people who have fled across the Moei River from Myanmar since last...

In north-west Pakistan, UNHCR is continuing to look for land to develop more sites to accommodate an increasing number of displaced people seeking shelter in camps. Our field teams report that more and...

UNHCR condemns victimization of civilians in Mogadishu after a weekend spike in the fighting in the capital sent the number of displaced to almost 120,000.

Monday, 08 June 2009 BONN - A group of key UN and non-UN aid agencies attending climate change talks in Bonn this week are calling for the humanitarian impacts of climate change to be addressed in the...

A former national basketball player is providing renewed hope to refugee youth in Bangladesh and encouraging Muslim girls to break out of conservative roles.

The lifting of a curfew allows more Pakistanis to flee as UNHCR prepares new camps to shelter them.

An estimated 20,000 people are expected to move today from conflict areas of the Swat region to safer areas in Mardan, Charssada and Peshawar districts of the North West Frontier Province following the...

The Canadian government and aid agencies, in collaboration with UNHCR, are trying to ensure asylum applicants get assistance to better present their claims.

The number of Somalis forced from their homes in Mogadishu has now topped 96,000 since the start of fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups on May 8. Out of this latest total of...

With the number of teenage asylum seekers travelling alone on the rise, a UNHCR-EU project shows gaps in asylum systems designed for adults.

Wednesday, 03 June 2009 GENEVA - The UN refugee agency expressed concern on Wednesday about the return to Burundi of a large group of Burundian refugees from Kigeme camp in Rwanda. The precise number...