UNHCR works to ensure people forced to flee can access water, sanitation facilities and hygiene services (WASH). Learn more about our work on WASH.

According to the UN’s 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, a stateless person is someone “who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”.

Concerned by the arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers by some States, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent reforms to halt this detrimental practice. Releasing its latest advocacy ...

GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

Depuis la mi-avril 2023 plus de 620 000 nouveaux réfugiés ont été contraints au déplacement forcé vers le Tchad voisin à la suite de la crise soudanaise. Parmi cette population, on trouve des profils ...

It is common practice for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and WFP, World Food Programme, to collaborate in some of the world’s most difficult humanitarian responses. While UNHCR is mandated to protect ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is aware of images circulating on various social media platforms which show a misuse of a UNHCR-branded tarpaulin in Sudan by military actors. While we cannot verify this ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Qamishli Sub Office, invites qualified Suppliers / Service Providers to make a firm offer for The Supply and delivery of Air ...