L'UNHCR

L'agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés coordonne depuis 1950 l'action internationale pour protéger les réfugiés de tous pays.

19.06.2013 New UNHCR report says global forced displacement at an 18-year high

19.06.2013 New UNHCR report says global forced displacement at 18-year high

During 2012 crises around the world created a new refugee or internally displaced person every 4.1 seconds

18.06.2013 NE Nigeria insecurity sees refugee outflows spreading to Cameroon

With the on-going crisis in north-eastern Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States, UNHCR offices are reporting refugee arrivals in Niger, and now in Cameroon too. In Cameroon, a UNHCR team visited areas...

18.06.2013 Iraqi refugees flee war-torn Syria and seek safety back home

After fleeing to Syria to escape violence in Iraq, Iraqi refugees are now returning home because of the war engulfing Syria

18.06.2013 UN Refugee Chief Urges Support for Lebanon as Risk Grows that Syria Conflict Could Cross Borders

18 June 2013 - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres kicked off a visit to the region to mark World Refugee Day by meeting with leaders and refugees in Lebanon today. Mr Guterres sounded...

18.06.2013 NE Nigeria insecurity sees refugee outflows spreading to Cameroon

UNHCR team finds more than 3,000 Nigerians have fled over the border to Cameroon, with more refugees arriving in Niger

18.06.2013 Peace, A Song Dedicated to the World's Refugees

Unique partnership entices youth to take action for refugees

18.06.2013 UN Refugee Chief urges support for Syria's neighbors

Kicking off a visit to Lebanon and Jordan, UN High Commissioner António Guterres met with leaders and refugees and warned of the danger that Syria's conflict will spread

17.06.2013 1 Family: In Nepal, family torn between new life and leaving loved ones behind

A refugee father waits to hear from his long-lost children in Bhutan before deciding to apply for resettlement to another country.

17.06.2013 Celebrities join the UN Refugee Agency's unique campaign for World Refugee Day

Stars photographed with the most important thing they would take if they were forced to flee their homes
More than 25 international celebrities including Paula Abdul, actor David Tennant,...

17.06.2013 South Sudanese Supermodel Alek Wek appointed UNHCR National Goodwill Ambassador

Washington, DC, June 17, 2013 (UNHCR) - South Sudanese Supermodel and former refugee Alek Wek has been appointed as the UN refugee agency's (UNHCR) newest National Goodwill Ambassador. Wek was formally...

15.06.2013 UNHCR Chief Guterres strongly condemns second deadly attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq

15 June 2013 - The High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres strongly condemns today's rocket attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq that reportedly killed two people and wounded dozens. This is the second...

14.06.2013 1 Family: Olympics runner without a country returns home for family reunion

A year after touching the world's heart at the London Olympics and 20 years after leaving his village, the South Sudanese marathon runner goes home.

14.06.2013 UNHCR welcome EU moves towards a common asylum system

On Wednesday 12 June the European Parliament amended EU legislation on asylum after long and complex negotiations. The changes that have been brought are in UNHCR's view a welcome step towards the establishment...

14.06.2013 Syria: UNHCR assistance reaches Al Raqqa; Influx into Lebanon continues from Al-Qusayr

On 9 and 12 June, UNHCR emergency relief assistance reached Al Raqqa, an area of northern Syria which has not been accessible for the past three months and where the humanitarian situation is reported...

14.06.2013 Chad: UNHCR completes move of Darfur refugees from Tissi border

In south-eastern Chad, we have finished the relocation of Darfur refugees from the volatile border area at Tissi to the newly established Ab Gadam camp, which is now hosting 10,247 people. In addition...

14.06.2013 UNHCR aid for 5,000 reaches cut-off region of northern Syria

The UN refugee agency delivers vital aid to Al Raqqa, where the humanitarian situation is reported to be dire after being inaccessible for the past three months.

14.06.2013 UNHCR completes relocation of thousands of Darfur refugees to Chad camp

UNHCR and its partners move more than 7,000 people from Tissi at the border to Ab Gadam camp in the past month, mostly women, children and older refugees.

13.06.2013 International Celebrities line up to support refugees

13.06.2013 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia get new camp in north of country

To relieve pressure on three existing camps, UNHCR opens Hitsats Camp that can eventually house up to 20,000 refugees.