The Latest Breaking News from UNHCR

The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcible displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about 2 million from last year and a near-doubling over the last decade

About 123 million remain forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations.

UN official says the ‘devastating milestone’ shows the damage of the displacement crisis after two years of fighting.

A series of attacks in northern Mozambique this month point to a resurgence of violence by Islamic State-linked militants as energy giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume a major gas project, analysts say.

Actor and UN refugee ambassador delivers warning on authoritarian regimes as first five film-makers announced for funding

UNHCR says two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10 could be the ‘deadliest tragedy at sea’ involving Rohingya so far this year.

Kigali in talks to house migrant deportees from US, but rights groups worry such deals further endanger the vulnerable.

The international humanitarian system is in freefall. Following the dramatic funding cuts initiated by Donald Trump’s administration in the United States, deliveries of essential food, medicines and clean water to those in need have halted and stockpiles are dwindling. Aid agencies are scrambling to figure out how to do less…

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated

UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriations

Rwanda is in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants deported from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said.