Nearly 1 million people from eight countries with high asylum recognition rates were offered entry permits into 38 destination countries via work, family and study permits between 2019 and 2023, ...

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the West and Central Africa region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the Southern Africa region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled in just over two years of ...

Sudanese refugee women in Chad are creating opportunities for themselves and supporting each other to recover from loss and trauma.

After more than a decade of conflict and instability, an estimated 4.8 million people remain displaced across Yemen – many of them for years. Another 19.5 million people require humanitarian ...

Following pledges made at the Global Refugee Forum in 2023, Zambia’s refugee policy is making progress towards improving conditions for refugees and their host communities.

GENEVA - Over 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months, seeking safety both within the country and across borders and deepening an already dire ...

We don’t know where or when the next emergency will strike. But one thing is certain: we must be prepared. Emergency preparedness is vital for UNHCR to be able to respond quickly and reliably to ...

INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONS: DEFINITION OF THE TERM "REFUGEE" (E/AC./32/L.2, E/AC.32/L.2/Rev.1, E/AC.32/L.3, E/AC.32/L.3/Corr.1, E/AC.32/L.4, E/AC.32/L.4/Add.1) (continued) ...

UNHCR is dedicated to fostering accountability, integrity and transparency in its work to protect and serve the forcibly displaced and stateless. UNHCR’s independent oversight system is an integral ...