(VOVWORLD) - A delegation from the office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has visited the logistics center on the Belarusian...
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday wrapped up its 47th session in Geneva, Switzerland, with 27 resolutions adopted, including one regarding climate change and human rights, which was...
(VOVWORLD) - An estimated 7,100 civilians are now internally displaced in the Kayin and Bago regions, in central Myanmar, near Yangon, due to attacks by the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF), and the...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will run for the UN Human Rights Council’s 2023-2025 tenure as a candidate of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that forced displacement as a result of violence and abuse had surpassed 80 million by mid-year, despite appeals for a global ceasefire...
(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the American people for their vibrant exercise of democracy in the US Presidential election last week in a statement released on Monday
(VOVWORLD) - Filippo Grandi, the head of the UN Refugee Agency, criticized countries for closing their borders to desperate refugees, saying that their refusal to allow migrants to dock is creating...
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Saturday called on greater support of the international community to help millions of Somalis, who are facing many catastrophic threats from conflicts...
(VOVWORLD) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Saturday warned that millions of people in 21 countries in West and Central Africa are facing the risk of a humanitarian crisis as...
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations made an urgent appeal Tuesday for tens of millions of USD to help protect vulnerable refugees against the spread of the deadly new coronavirus
(VOVWORLD) -Greece has announced financial assistance to refugees will be cut from the middle of March as Athens is overloaded with the issue
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam highly valued the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)’s key role in building and implementing the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), said Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of the...
(VOVWORLD) -The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday a US Supreme Court order curbing asylum applications at the Mexican border could hurt people fleeing violence and persecution who are...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday urgently called on European governments to take in 500 people rescued in the Mediterranean who remain stranded as countries bicker...
(VOVWORLD) - UN refugee and migrant chiefs said in a joint statement on Friday that 5,600 refugees and migrants currently held in centers across Libya should be freed in an...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is an active member in the 10-year #IBelong Campaign launched by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2014 to end statelessness, according to James Lynch...
(VOVWORLD) - The number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela worldwide now stands at 3.4 million, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), announced Friday
(VOVWORLD) - The tragedy of the Mediterranean cannot be allowed to continue, said Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Saturday
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call to the Greek authorities to take immediate steps to address the serious humanitarian situation for around 11,000 asylum-seekers...
(VOVWORLD) - UN humanitarian agencies on Friday broadly welcomed a freshly-inked deal on migration by European Union leaders which calls for more Member States to take responsibility within their borders for...