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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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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
A group of people work to stop a spreading fire, beating the smoking ground with branches

Malian refugees give back to Mauritanian farmers

Malian refugees give back to Mauritanian farmers

Some 500 Malian refugees have protected grazing lands and livestock near the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania.
MigrationDecember 11, 202302:13 min
Journalist Dianne Hawker and asylum-seeker Irene Mbaki pore over paperwork.

South Africa's asylum system keeps thousands in limbo

South Africa's asylum system keeps thousands in limbo

South Africa's asylum system has a backlog of 130,000 appeal cases.
MigrationOctober 21, 202303:29 min
Two girls are seen in the informal settlement known as La Pista on the outskirts of Maicao in northeastern Colombia.

Venezuelans find refuge, and hardship, just across border

Venezuelans find refuge, and hardship, just across border

DW visits La Pista, a large migrant settlement along a disused runway on the outskirts of the Colombian city of Maicao.
SocietyJune 14, 202301:22 min
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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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