UNHCR

At least 144 refugees dead or missing off coast of Mauritania, UN agency says

The toll comes after three rescue operations in Mauritania between July 14-18, the UN agency said, calling for more access to education and labor opportunities to create sea crossing alternatives.

Illustrative: People gather around a boat carrying newly-arrived Rohingya refugees, after authorities prevented the refugees from disembarking and ordered them to remain on board the vessel, at Leuge Beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 29, 2025.
US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, while he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.

Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say

Aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 11, 2026.

Two Ebola-related deaths confirmed in eastern Congo displacement camp - UN refugee agency

A woman walks near tents set up by displaced people, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.

UN seeks $308 million for Lebanon as war displaces 800,000 people


Syrian detention camp for suspected ISIS relatives nearly empty, former director says

Al-Hol, near the Iraqi border, was one of the main detention camps for relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters who were detained during the US-backed campaign against the jihadist group.

CHILDREN, PART of a group of detainees, look through a fence at al-Hol camp after the Syrian government took control of it following the withdrawal of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Hasaka, Syria, January 21, 2026.

Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp

Partnering with IsraAID, former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel toured the camp's facilities as part of their recent entry into humanitarian work.

 Keith and Aviva Siegel  speak at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025

From Gaza to Europe, via jet ski: Muhammad Abu Dakha's daring escape story

Abu Dakha crossed the Rafah border point into Egypt in April 2024, paying $5,000.

Muhammad Abu Dakha, a 31-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, poses for a selfie before sailing with two other Palestinian migrants to Lampedusa, Italy, on a jet ski to seek asylum, near Khums, Libya, August 17, 2025.

UNHCR faces funding shortfall, plans major budget cuts and office closures

With a surge in displaced people, the UNHCR plans major budget cuts and office closures due to funding shortages.

 Illustrative image of a United Nations flag.

Syrian returns from Lebanon to start under UN-backed plan, marking major shift

Returning Syrians will be provided with $100 each in Lebanon and $400 per family upon arrival in Syria, Lebanese Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed said.

 Syrians, who were living in Lebanon and returned to Syria due to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists, wait outside Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, October 7, 2024; illustrative.

Chained, beaten, starved: Idit Ohel appeals to UN Human Rights Council for release of her son

Earlier on Wednesday, family members of Nimrod Cohen, Omri Miran, and Elkana Bohbot met with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Idit Ohel pleads for her sons release at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, filled to capacity by protestors marking Alon's 24th birthday - his second in Hamas captivity - in the shadow of the potential collapse of the hostage deal, and calling on the government to keep the deal alive.

Now is a unique opportunity for UNRWA to change, Israel should take it - opinion

The problems with UNRWA are not a new revelation: Even before the war, laws were proposed to limit it, and these are proceeding through the legislative channels.

 JORDAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Ayman Safadi (right) meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, in Amman, last week. In 1949, when Israel supported the establishment of UNRWA, it was supposed to fulfill its goal and disband.

Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

Since they swept back into power, most girls have been barred from high school and women from universities.

 Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Israel must be kicked out of international bodies, Palestinian Authority tells UNHRC

PA FM Maliki accused Israel of “genocide” against Palestinians due to its war in Gaza, charging that it enjoyed immunity for its “crimes against humanity” because the US protected it.

 Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Riyad Al-Maliki attends a UN side event during an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, December 12, 2023.

UNRWA’s time is up – let’s shut it down - opinion

The UNHCR will do better work for Palestinians in Gaza than UNRWA previously has.

 PALESTINIAN WOMEN take part in a protest against the suspension of UNRWA funding by some Western states, in front of UNRWA’s building in Beirut, last week. The dislocation of Arabs from Palestine could have been quickly solved by the UNHCR, the writer argues.