UNHCR report: forced displacement at 18-year high globally

18 June 2013 Following are the opening remarks made by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference today in Belgrade, Serbia: Good afternoon, and thank you for coming. This is my first visit as High ...

New York, June 19 : The United Nations refugee chief Tuesday urged greater support for those who have fled the conflict in Syria and for the countries hosting them, as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where the pressure on local ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says globally as of the end of 2012 there were 15.4 million refugees, 937,000 asylum seekers and 28.8 million people who fled homes but stayed within their nation's borders. UNCHR ...

UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (UPI) -- A statement from the United Nations said in recent weeks, "anti-insurgent operations and general insecurity" have uprooted thousands during a state of emergency declared in May in Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno and Yobe ...

/CNW/ - While countries around the world prepare to mark World Refugee Day on 20 June, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is calling for greater solidarity with refugees and other forcibly displaced. Through its World ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is in the 'early stages' of making a formal request to the US and other countries to resettle some Syrian refugees. Omar Rahman reports from

CLOSE WATCH: Police and UNHCR taking measures to contain violence KUALA LUMPUR: THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said there was no evidence to suggest that refugee document holders were involved in sectarian violence ...

Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded the girls-only primary school in an area outside Kabul that has a high refugee population, E! Angelina Jolie has opened another girls school in Afghanistan and plans to ...

The First Secretary at the Embassy of Somalia in Nairobi, Ali Mohammed Sheikh, said that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees would facilitate the homecoming of thousands who had fled war and hunger in their country/FILE NAIROBI, ...