Refugees 'sending wrong signal'

UN agency steps up efforts to help Niger contain cholera outbreak - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was working to help contain a cholera epidemic in Niger that had already claimed seven lives, including those of two ...

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Remarks by EU Commissioner Štefan Füle on behalf of HRVP Catherine Ashton on the situation of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries ...

Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Bernard De Ville has hailed Iran for protecting and supporting foreign refugees in the country. Outlining the activities of his organization, he told IRNA on Sunday the UNHCR has ...

Foreign Minister Yoon Byung-se says that South Korea hopes the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will put top priority on the issue of North Korean escapees. Yoon made the remarks in a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio ...

Syrian refugees in Lebanon now have to pay for basic health care due to deep budget shortfalls, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced Friday, as the country's refugee population continues to climb. UNHCR cuts require refugees ...

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has appointed Shaikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of ...

Lucy Beck, the external relations officer of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said yesterday that more than 250 Democratic Republic of Congo villagers crossed into Uganda on Tuesday alone, joining at least 1000 who fled there in recent days.

A convoy formed by a delegation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent carry humanitarian aid as they drive in Aleppo's countryside in this January 30, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano/Files) A ...

KUWAIT, May 5 (KUNA) -- Visiting UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres stressed on Sunday the significance of Kuwait's recent donation to Syrian refugees. He told a news conference that Kuwait was playing a key humanitarian role ...