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UNHCR, or United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is a United Nations program that protects and supports refugees. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Rohingya refugees in India struggle for children's future

Rohingya refugees in India struggle for children's future

Many Rohingya children in India are struggling to access education, as New Delhi considers them "illegal foreigners."
PoliticsDecember 29, 2024
Firemen try to extinguish a burning fuel tank at an oil refinery in the province of Homs, Syria, on November 23, 2013

What's next for Syria's devastated economy?

What's next for Syria's devastated economy?

The economy contracted by 85% during nearly 14 years of war, which decimated infrastructure and sparked hyperinflation.
BusinessDecember 10, 2024
Women who fled war in Sudan rest in a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, October 5, 2024.

People fleeing Sudan's war seek refuge in Chad

People fleeing Sudan's war seek refuge in Chad

DW reports from a border region where people fleeing war seek refuge in a country underequipped to help them.
PoliticsNovember 23, 2024
Afghan migrants carrying their belongings at a registration center at Iran's border

Iran plans to deport 2 million Afghan refugees

Iran plans to deport 2 million Afghan refugees

Iran's government has announced plans to deport some 2 million Afghan migrants in the coming months.
PoliticsSeptember 14, 2024
Syrian migrant Abu Ali in his bakery in Libya

Libya welcomes Syrian refugees as skilled workers

Libya welcomes Syrian refugees as skilled workers

Crisis-ridden Libya benefits from Syrian refugees, despite its lack of an official asylum policy and dire human rights.
PoliticsSeptember 13, 2024
Members of the refugee fire brigade are seen conducting an exercise to prepare for a real fire

Mauritania: The refugees putting out fires - and prejudice

Mauritania: The refugees putting out fires - and prejudice

As Mauritania faces its bushfire season, a group of refugees teams up with the local community to put out the flames.
ConflictsDecember 27, 2023
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Refugees and asylum seekers protesting in front of the UNHCR office in Colombo

Sri Lanka: Refugees anguish as UNHCR office set to close

With the UN's refugee agency bureau set to close, those in limbo fear their situation is about to get worse.
Human RightsJune 1, 2023
Diavata Reception and Identification Center near Thessaloniki in northern Greece, January 24, 2023

Greece: Asylum-seekers moved back into refugee camps

Asylum-seekers have had to leave their apartments and move into refugee camps. Experts say it's a bid to deter others.
MigrationFebruary 7, 2023
Syrian refugees pack and load their family belongings with the help of Lebanese security forces in the village of Arsal, Lebanon, on June 28, 2018.

Lebanon's threat to send Syrians home: Fact or fiction?

Lebanon's president made global headlines when he said his country was planning to start sending back Syrian refugees.
PoliticsOctober 18, 2022
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