The Latest Breaking News from UNHCR

The UN refugee agency said the number of people who have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war has reached 4.5 million. A regular update Sunday of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ online portal on numbers of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Feb. 24 brought the total to some…

Ukrainian leaders are predicting more gruesome discoveries in the days ahead after retreating Russian forces left behind crushed buildings, streets strewn with destroyed cars and mounting civilian casualties that drew condemnation from across the globe

Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws that forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger

Spain rejects Algerian whistleblower’s asylum application and hastily deports him despite concerns raised for his life.

Geneva (AFP) - Nearly 35,000 more Ukrainians fled west in 24 hours to escape the Russian war in their country, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Former lord chief justice among peers saying proposals breach international law

Other lives: Humanitarian aid worker who helped people flee from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia

Rights groups say the deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar is a ‘cruel disregard for human life and international law’.

As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe is facing its fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. With the majority being women and children, there are growing concerns that they're a target for sex traffickers. Annette Young talks to Céline Schmitt from the UNHCR. Also how women villagers in Niger…

Water scarcity and other effects of climate change impact the vulnerable the most, say NGO workers.

Around 6.5 million people have also been displaced from their homes within Ukraine