UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed today the launch of an innovative “Refugee Coalition for Europe”. The Coalition, which brings together refugee representatives living in different European ...

Since it began at the end of September, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon has heaped more misery onto a Middle East already overwhelmed by humanitarian catastrophe. Within Lebanon, as of 23 October 2024, ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations' refugee agency said on Friday, citing growing desperation in part due ...

The European Union is hammering out the terms of new policies to harden its borders as the political uprising in Iran raises ...

IDOMENI, Greece — Pressed against coils of razor wire and shouting “Help us!,” refugees and migrants at Greece’s northern border were pushed back by Macedonian police using tear gas and stun grenades, ...

German politicians are debating whether to slash financial assistance for Ukrainian refugees. How does the country stack up against its EU neighbors when it comes to generosity in helping those ...

It took Hagos Hadgu 11 traumatic months to travel from Eritrea to his new temporary home in a refugee camp in Sweden. Along the way, he made deals with smugglers, was held captive by terrorists and ...

LONDON, Feb. 4 (UNHCR) - An exhibition that brings together the works of award-winning photographer Carl Cordonnier and testimonies of young asylum seekers and Europeans is challenging the negative ...

With Russia's war in Ukraine in its fourth year, the number of Ukrainians heading to Europe to seek asylum appears to be in decline. Currently, the EU hosts over 4.3 million Ukrainian refugees, with ...

“I’ve been thinking in the past few years: Will I die away from my country?” Abdulaziz Almashi said, reciting the question that he and millions of displaced Syrians have asked themselves. “Will I be ...

The U.N. said the five refugees have frozen to death already this year. — -- Freezing temperatures across Eastern Europe are imperiling the lives of thousands of refugees, many of whom are ...

WARSAW, March 28 (Reuters) - Central European nations are bracing for a renewed influx of refugees from Ukraine that could test their capacity to house, school and find work for the rising numbers of ...