Prollo, Côte d'Ivoire — The UN Refugee Agency has resumed the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, after a pause of more than a year because land borders were closed to prevent the spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak. Some 11,000 of the 38,000 Ivorian refuge...

11,000 refugees in Liberian camps wish to return home immediately PROLLO, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 18 December 2015 (UNHCR) – UNHCR today resumed the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, which had been interrupted for more than a year by the deadly Ebola outbreak. S...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This morning, UNHCR has resumed the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia. The re...

Following the fifth technical meeting of the Tri-partite Commission on the Voluntary Repatriation of Ivorian refugees held on 9th and 10th December 2015 in Monrovia, the Governments of Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and the UNHCR have agreed to resume the voluntary repatriation process. The Acting Minist...

By Mafanta Kromah, mafanta.kromah@gmail.com0880637357 The UNHCR continues to intensify efforts to end and prevent statelessness. Statelessness, in this context, is a situation in which a person is without nationality or citizenship; something UNHCR describes as human rights violation. Addressin...

By Bridgett Milton The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has stressed the need for urgent action against childhood statelessness. UNHCR says stateless children across the world share similar feelings of discrimination, frustration and despair. Speaking Tuesday in Monrovia at press con...

The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has stressed the need for urgent action against childhood statelessness. UNHCR says stateless children across the world share similar feelings of discrimination, frustration and despair. Speaking Tuesday in Monrovia at press conference, UNHCR Deputy ...