Search For "high commissioner for refugees"
UNHCR chief tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Wednesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Read More
Pak to hold 2-day international conference on Afghan refugees from Feb 17
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 9 (ANI): Ministers and senior officials from around 20 countries will participate in a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees being convened by the Pakistan government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from
Read More
Angelina Jolie seeks more international support for Venezuela
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 9 (ANI): Hollywood star and special envoy for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie on Saturday urged the international community to provide more support to Venezuela, from where the number of refugees and migrants has risen to over four
Read More
Saudi girl fleeing from family, granted asylum in Canada
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Jan 12 (ANI): An 18-year-old Saudi girl, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, who fled from her family in Kuwait to Thailand, has been granted asylum in Canada.
Read More
PeeCee receives Mother Teresa Memorial award for Social Justice
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was among the first to take up the cause of fighting for the rights of refugees and displaced people. Global star Priyanka Chopra now takes the baton ahead as U
Read More
UNHCR will be involved in Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 25 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali on Saturday said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will be involved in the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees.
Read More
Thousands of Rohingya refugees waiting in no man's land to enter Banglades
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that at least 10,000 to 15000 Rohingya refugees are stranded near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
Read More
Myanmar should provide citizenship to Rohingya Muslims:UNHCR
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhakar [Bangladesh], July11 (ANI):After visiting two refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on the south-east coast, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in camps, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has observed that granting citizenship to
Read More
Three UN staffers abducted in Sudan released
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 20 (ANI): Three United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff members including two Nepalis who were abducted on November 27 from El Geneina, Sudan, have been safely released.
Read More