On his first official visit as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih today called for stronger global ...

Barham Salih has known torture and the wrenching loss of exile. Four decades after his own ordeal, he has taken the helm of ...

In Nairobi, the High Commissioner met with President William Ruto and other senior government officials. Salih lauded Kenya’s historic role in welcoming refugees and thanked Ruto for the government’s ...

The new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees visited Kakuma refugee camp in north-west Kenya on Monday where he ...

At least 21,807 foreign refugees and asylum seekers who fled violence in neighbouring countries are currently living in ...

Noting the increasingly universal character of refugee problems, Taking note of the difficulties encountered by the High Commissioner in obtaining the funds required to finance his programmes, ...

Digital identity is reshaping humanitarian assistance and refugee inclusion in Ethiopia, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Qatar Red Crescent Society’s (QRCS) representation office in Yemen announced that more than 77,000 refugees and locals in Sanaa received comprehensive health care services, as part of a health care ...

The number of displaced people has doubled in the last 10 years. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 123 million people have been forcibly displaced for ...

The U.N. high commissioner for refugees is the wheat. It has a history of successfully wrapping up missions. On June 30, 2022, for example, UNHCR ended Ivorian refugee status after successfully ...

When an exodus of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh a decade ago, the United Nations recorded many of their birthdays as Jan. 1. The date serves as a reminder of a lost identity.

Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president, becomes the first head of state to lead the UNHCR amid rising refugee needs.