Recent intensified attacks across Lebanon are having devastating consequences for Lebanese and refugees living in the country.

The following statement is attributable to Mr. Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative to the United States and the Caribbean  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, restates its profound concern as the U.S.

Five days into the most violent and wide-reaching attacks Lebanon has experienced in almost two decades, we have now reached what we have been warning against and fearing: a humanitarian catastrophe.

The following statement is attributable to Mr. Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative to the United States and the Caribbean  Washington, DC – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the United States ...

Prolonged conflict, serious human rights abuses and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law are unleashing grave suffering on internally displaced Congolese and refugees, the UN Refugee ...

In the last 72 hours, well over 30,000 people are estimated to have crossed into Syria from Lebanon, fleeing the violence. The Syrian authorities are keeping the border open to allow Lebanese and ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued its latest legal guidance today on the way States should treat asylum-seekers who arrive at their borders in an irregular way. Under Article 31 of the Refugee ...

Countless people remain terrified inside Sudan, and those who have fled across the country’s many borders are in need of help, often finding themselves in places where access is extremely hard and ...

Do refugees have passports? What about stateless persons? Most passports are issued by states to their citizens. They indicate that the person is welcome back to the issuing country and they offer the ...

UNHCR coordinates the refugee response in Rwanda alongside the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA). UNHCR also collaborates closely with a variety of other Government Ministries and ...

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