GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

It is common practice for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and WFP, World Food Programme, to collaborate in some of the world’s most difficult humanitarian responses. While UNHCR is mandated to protect ...

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Royal Thai Government’s decision to withdraw its reservation to Article 22 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which relates to the rights of ...

UNHCR works to ensure people forced to flee can access water, sanitation facilities and hygiene services (WASH). Learn more about our work on WASH.

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Countless people remain terrified inside Sudan, and those who have fled across the country’s many borders are in need of help, often finding themselves in places where access is extremely hard and ...

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Valeria Lentini is the Economist for UNHCR’s Operation in Costa Rica. She holds a A Ph.D. and Masters in Economics from the University of Zaragoza and the University of Sussex. She has over two ...

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UNHCR has adopted a community-based protection (CBP) approach to working with all the people it serves, based on consultation and participation. CBP implies that communities engage meaningfully and ...