With 7 in 10 refugees living in long-term displacement, UNHCR chief calls for renewed push for solutions
Barham Salih, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, launched the agency’s flagship Global Trends Report today, which reveals global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade while remaining unacceptably high.
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"It's Not Lawyers in a Conference Room": What Refugee Protection Really Means
UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Ruvendrini Menikdiwela breaks down what refugee protection really means – in plain language, with real stories from the field. A legal concept that is profoundly human.
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Chad: When Humanitarian Aid Builds the Future
In Chad, UNHCR’s work goes beyond emergency response – durable shelters, self-sufficiency through agriculture, and training of young people are at the heart of UNHCR's humanitarian work. A testimony by Rémi Vallet, CEO of Switzerland for UNHCR.
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Céline Schmitt, UNHCR spokesperson: ‘My daughter said to me, “Maman, keep saving the world”’
After more than 18 years at UNHCR, Céline Schmitt talks about her life as a humanitarian worker in the field in Afghanistan, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She tells us about the strength of being a woman humanitarian worker.
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