Without global support, millions of Syrian refugees and displaced persons will see their dream of return ruined, warns Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Millions of people around the world are denied the right to a nationality, leaving them stateless. As a result, they may be unable to access other basic rights and services, such as being able to go ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is present in 136 countries to protect people forced to flee. We deliver life-saving aid to people displaced by conflict and persecution, and ensure those trapped in ...

The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants is a milestone for global solidarity and refugee protection at a time of unprecedented displacement across the world. Adopted by all 193 Member ...

Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

UNHCR employs 20,305 people, 87 per cent of whom are based in the field, assisting the most vulnerable people uprooted by wars and persecution. Just over seven per cent of staff are based at our ...

These training materials introduce and explain the concept of Intersectionality and UNHCR's Age, Gender and Diversity policy. They were jointly developed by UNHCR and the University of New South Wales ...

Volunteers provide critical support to help UNHCR deliver on its mandate. They work in a variety of roles ranging from protection, refugee status determination, programme delivery, communication, ...

Explainer: War in Ukraine - the human cost and humanitarian response We’re sorry, some parts of the UNHCR.org website don’t work properly without JavaScript ...

At the end of 2023, an estimated 117.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing the public order ...

Mixed movements (or mixed migration) refers to flows of people travelling together, generally in an irregular manner, over the same routes and using the same means of transport, but for different ...

Internally displaced people, referred to as IDPs, have been forced to flee their homes by conflict, violence, persecution or disasters, however, they remain within the borders of their own country. At ...