UNHCR expresses concern over widespread return of Afghan refugees

UNHCR head in Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, said that the country is not well prepared to receive this influx of...

UAE allocates 70 per cent of its USD 100 million pledge to UN

Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasised that the aid will be allocated to key partners and UN agencies, including the...

Israel searching for survivors as migrants boat washes ashore

Maritime police launched boats and aerial drones searching for survivors. Given the prevailing currents, it’s not...

Mediterranean has become graveyard of desperate refugees

Since 2014 the Mediterranean Sea has become the most dangerous crossing in the world and the graveyard of desperate...

Former German chancellor Merkel wins UN refugee agency prize

Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced on Tuesday that former German...

Mass exodus of Chinese nationals

Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): More than 6,00,000 Chinese nationals have requested asylum from China due to Xi...

Afghan refugees protest in Pakistan over asylum issue

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High...

500,000 people displaced by drought in Somalia in three months

Mogadishu [Somalia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging...

UNHRC expresses concern over ban on female students

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ban on schooling for female students in grades 7-12...

Afghanistan: UNHCR official expresses hope for coeducation

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Inaugurating a school in Afghanistan's Kandahar, deputy commissioner of the...

Over 90 migrants killed in Mediterranean boat accident: UN

Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 100 migrants died in the Mediterranean waters after the boat...

UN Refugee chief says Afghanistan a priority despite...

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): A delegation led by Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...