icon_view View 06/11/2017 View: The Rohingya people deserve so much better UNHCR's Vivian Tan looks at ways of addressing the Rohingya crisis
Greece 04/10/2017 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.
Democratic Republic Of Congo 16/09/2017 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
Iraq 25/10/2016 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.
Syria 20/09/2016 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.
Syria 20/09/2016 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.
world news 07/09/2016 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.
Iraq 24/08/2016 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
Kenya 13/08/2016 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.
world news 31/05/2016 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…
Lebanon 04/05/2016 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
no comment 17/03/2016 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
state of the union 11/03/2016 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
world news 09/03/2016 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
world news 08/03/2016 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
world news 02/03/2016 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
USA 24/02/2016 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
Greece 17/02/2016 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
brussels bureau 15/02/2016 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
Lebanon 02/01/2016 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
