Thailand UN gives refugee status to Saudi woman in Thailand The UN refugee agency has determined that a Saudi woman who fled her family and refused to leave a Bangkok hotel room is a legitimate refugee, and has asked Australia to consider resettling her. 07/01/2019
USA US seeks to deny asylum to migrants who enter country illegally US seeks to deny asylum to migrants who enter country illegally 10/11/2018
Canada Canada’s resettlement of refugees: Potential lessons for Europe Canada’s resettlement of refugees: Potential lessons for Europe 03/11/2018
USA Trump shuns internationalism Trump's latest move to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council is just one more potentially isolating move. 20/06/2018
brussels bureau UNHCR: More people displaced in 2017 than ever before Ahead of World Refugee Day, the UNHCR unveils its annual report on refugee trends. They say that 68.5 million people were displaced in 2017. 19/06/2018
Rwanda Two wounded in refugee camp food rationing protest At least two people have been reported shot and wounded in protests over food cuts provoked by UN funding shortages. 22/02/2018
View View: The Rohingya people deserve so much better UNHCR's Vivian Tan looks at ways of addressing the Rohingya crisis 06/11/2017
Greece Greek paralympian scheme gives new hope to refugee children A scheme to help disabled refugee children resume their lives though sport is taking off in Greece. 04/10/2017
Democratic Republic Of Congo UN wants inquiry after Burundi migrants are killed in DR Congo Activists say police and soldiers opened fire as refugees protested plans to send them home 16/09/2017
Iraq Families flee Mosul fighting as reports of ISIL massacres emerge They have fled for their lives to a camp for the displaced – escaping the frontline of the fight for Mosul. 25/10/2016
Syria UN suspends all aid to Syria after convoy attack The United Nations has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its trucks were hit during a deadly air raid near Aleppo. 20/09/2016
Syria Humanitarian aid convoy hit by air strike in Syria An international aid convoy has been hit by an air strike while delivering aid to 78,000 people in the hard-to-reach town of Urm al-Kubra in Syria. 20/09/2016
world news Greek volunteers win 2016 Nansen Refugee Award UN refugee agency rewards Hellenic Rescue Team and psychologist Efi Latsoudi, who helped thousands of migrants reaching Greece. 07/09/2016
Iraq Iraqi forces inch closer to ISIL-held Mosul Iraqi forces meet resistance in an operation to re-take the town of Qayyarah as they move ever closer towards the ISIL stronghold of Mosul 24/08/2016
Kenya Kenya and UN work to change a refugee camp into a settlement Refugees in Kenya who have fled the fighting in South Sudan are being given a chance to become self sufficient under a new initiative from the government and the UNHCR. 13/08/2016
world news Migrant death toll in Mediterranean over past week 'rises to 880' The Mediterranean has seen its most deadly week of 2016 with more than 880 migrants believed to have drowned in shipwrecks off the Libyan… 31/05/2016
Lebanon The plight of Syrian refugees born in Lebanon and who could become stateless Born stateless, nowhere they can truely call home. Fifty thousand Syrians have been born without papers in Lebanon according to the United Nations 04/05/2016
no comment Angelina Jolie meets migrants in Greece Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is also a UN special envoy, visited an office of the UNHCR at the port of Piraeus in Greece, where an estimated 17/03/2016
state of the union Europe Weekly: EU-Turkey 'deal' under fire In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: Rights groups and MEPs criticise a tenative deal between the EU and Turkey on migration; refugees find their 11/03/2016
world news UN questions legality of controversial EU-Turkey migration deal The United Nations and Amnesty International have raised concerns that the EU’s proposed migration deal with Turkey could be illegal. They are 09/03/2016
world news EU's migrant pact "not consistent with international law", says UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees says it has deep concerns about the EU’s proposed agreement to solve its migrant crisis. The agency 08/03/2016
world news UNHCR warns Europe is on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned Europe is on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis. Much of the evidence 02/03/2016
USA UNHCR despairs over Europe's lack of solidarity in handling refugee crisis The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday criticised the lack of solidarity across in Europe in addressing the 24/02/2016
Greece Greece says it can now register all migrants. Just hours before EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss migration, Athens announced the opening on Wednesday of four migrant reception centres on 17/02/2016
brussels bureau UNHCR: International humanitarian law 'blatantly violated' in Syria As migrants continue to brave winter weather to reach Europe and the focus turns to Turkey to help stem the flow, euronews has spoken to the UN High 15/02/2016
Lebanon Syrian refugees struggle to keep warm during winter in Lebanon Nearly two million Syrian refugees have settled in Lebanon. As another harsh winter sets in, many people struggle to keep their tents warm enough for 02/01/2016
