MONROVIA, LIBERIA, 24 MARCH 2015 (UNHCR) – A former Ethiopian refugee who earned his medical degree with support from UNHCR’s German Academic Refugee Initiative has returned to his roots as a refugee to oversee health and nutrition services in one of Liberia’s three refugee camps. Dr. Zelalem Birha...

They vibrantly celebrated World Refugee Day with songs and dances BAHN REFUGEE CAMP, SACLEPEA, LIBERIA, 20 June 2015 (UNHCR) – The whistle marked the beginning of the men’s football match, which followed the women’s game. Refugees from the camps of Bahn and PTP competed against each other for ...

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...

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Friday that two convoys carrying 645 Ivorian refugees have begun their journeys home from two Liberian camps where they lived for the past few years. The agency said two more convoys are planned by the end of the year. Some 300,000 people fled Ivory ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced this week that the repatriation of Ivorian refugees in Liberia has been restarted. Repatriation activity was halted as a result of the Ebola outbreak that engulfed the country. Adrian Edwards, spokesperson for the UNHCR, said t...

Regard enjoué, Jean Hié, pressé de retrouver les siens après des années d’exil du fait de la crise postélectorale, a presque "envie de sauter" de la barque du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) qui effectue la traversée du Liberia à la Côte d’Ivoire. Vendredi vers 13HGM...

After only five months since the resumption of the voluntary repatriation process, the Government of Liberia and UNHCR have assisted over 16,000 Ivorian refugees to return home. A high level mission from the Government of Cote d’Ivoire took place from 3 to 6 May in Liberia, led by the Ivorian Minist...

In fulfilment of a promise made during the Ivorian refugee influx into Liberia more than a year ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated six brand new vehicles, including two ambulances and four Toyota LC 200 Land Cruisers, to Liberia’s border counties hosting Ivori...

Tripartite Commission Lauds Refugee Repatriation to Côte d’Ivoire ABIDJAN, 28 March, 2014 (UNHCR): The Governments of Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire have commended the ongoing voluntary repatriation of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia at a two-day meeting held at the Ministry of State, Minis...

MONROVIA, 15 OCT 2014—The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Liberia has donated two vehicles including a Toyota minibus and a Land Cruiser for use by health workers in Nimba and Grand Gedeh counties. This is in support of the Government of Liberia’s response to the Ebola Virus...