UNHCR

UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show

In 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had 16,126 budgeted posts versus 12,051 this year and 8,540 in 2027, the budget documents showed.

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A closed registration centre of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at the Zero Point Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran, in Herat province, on November 5, 2025.
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.

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.

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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

The sources said that the agency had informed supporters that it could be placed on a US blacklist, ending funding, and that Washington could also withdraw from its governing Executive Committee.

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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

The two victims were internally displaced people living in the Kpangba camp, which hosts 30,000 refugees, UNHCR said in the report published on Thursday.

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WATCH: Saudi teen seeking asylum in Australia describes harrowing tale

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has said that she feared her family would kill her if she were sent back to Saudi Arabia and that she had renounced Islam, a crime punishable by death under Saudi law.

JANUARY 9, 2019ByREUTERS, ALON EINHORN
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her country and family, is seen in Bangkok, Thailand January 7, 2019.

U.N. report: Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school

Only 61 percent of refugee children attend primary school, compared to more than 90 percent of all children.

AUGUST 29, 2018ByREUTERS
Children play outside their temporary shelters at the Harsham refugee camp.