In Costa Rica, the negative impacts of the pandemic continue to ripple through the economy – even as it partially recovers from 2020, when the country saw its sharpest economic contraction in decades resulting in high unemployment and rising poverty (World Bank, 2021). Nonetheless, through the pande...

Due to insufficient funding, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is unable to adequately respond to the rising humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC is among the most underfunded of UNHCR’s operations worldwide. As of 30 Ju...

QUITO, Ecuador – Una encuesta para conocer la realidad actual de personas refugiadas y otras en movilidad humana en Quito, Ecuador reveló que más de la mitad de las personas refugiadas y otras en movilidad humana que vive en Quito teme regresar a su país. En un 60 por ciento, consideran que estarían...

Education is one of the surest pathways to self-reliance for refugees. At the 51st Graduation Ceremony at a University in Zambia, young refugees supported by DAFI throw high their hats as they start a new chapter in their refugee journeys. The future looks bright. #SupportRefugeeEducation

28-05-2022 UNHCR Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa concludes visit to Zambia where he emphasized the need for streamlining documentation for refugees UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency - Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, has concluded his three-day official visit to Za...

UNHCR and Government of Zambia begin second phase of refugee repatriation to DR Congo LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Zambian government have resumed the voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees from northern Zambia to Pweto in Haut Katanga province in the Democratic R...

The majority of refugees from Ukraine hope to return home as soon as possible but around two-thirds expect to stay in their current host countries until hostilities subside and the security situation improves, according to new findings published today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

A través de la música, ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, y la cantante ecuatoriana buscan generar un movimiento de apoyo hacia quienes tuvieron que huir de sus hogares para salvar sus vidas. ACNUR y la cantautora guayaquileña Nikki Mackliff lanzaron hoy la canción ‘Un mundo posible...

Con malabares, narices rojas y muchas risas, ACNUR y Payasos sin Fronteras traen alegría a niñas y niños refugiados y ecuatorianos en todo el país. Es temprano en la mañana y ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, y la organización Payasos sin Fronteras, se dirigen rumbo Otavalo, ciudad...

After years of fighting destroyed much of eastern Syria’s largest city and displaced hundreds of thousands of residents, UNHCR is helping families get back on their feet. Standing beside their parched fields on the once fertile banks of the Euphrates River outside Deir-ez-Zor, eastern Syria’s lar...