A dark winter looms across Ukraine as Russian strikes intensify.
Civilian and humanitarian structures are being hit, triggering movements within the country. https://t.co/0ZIuJ9azZe
Meeting Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in London today was a powerful reminder of what refugee protection can make possible.
The UK gave his family safety as they fled Nazi persecution. It also gave me asylum when I needed it most. We know first-hand that refuge can be both life-saving and life-changing.
Seventy-five years after helping shape the Refugee Convention, we discussed how the UK can partner with UNHCR to uphold its legacy around the world — strengthening international protection, ending long-term displacement and supporting the countries that generously host refugees.
Happy National Day, Austria! 🇦🇹
🙏Thank you to the people and Government of Austria for your steadfast support. Through @MFA_Austria’s generous contributions, UNHCR is reaching war-affected families across Ukraine with emergency shelter and protection when it is needed most.
🇺🇳🇯🇵Japan is proud to support @UNHCRgov 's eCenter Africa’s #LeadERinAction Workshop in partnership with @AU_HHS. We remain committed to strengthening local humanitarian leadership and emergency response through capacity-building and international cooperation.
Desde @AcnurColombia seguimos trabajando de cerca con las Personerías Municipales en los territorios de Colombia. Mi admiración a personeros y personeras, en la primera línea de la protección de las personas desplazadas. 🇨🇴🇺🇳 @FenalperCo@DefensoriaCol
Listening to refugees is the first step to effective protection.
In Burkina Faso, a crisis often far from the headlines, flexible support from partners like @DutchMFA 🇳🇱 helps UNHCR understand refugee needs and adapt its response accordingly.
🎥Hear from our Protection Officer👇
Thank you, to @WorldBankGroup Bank Group Country Manager 🇧🇫, Hamoud Abdel Wedoud Kamil for a productive meeting! Together, we are strengthening refugee inclusion, promoting data that reflects people’s real needs, and advancing durable solutions in #BurkinaFaso.
@UNHCRWestAfrica
TB #UNHCR2026#ExCom: a #Haiku#Tanka version
Convention's flame
HC: called for cupping hands
"Protect! From winds.."
L'espoir, désormais,
Annoncé par tant de voix.
Ô, estruturas.
Saudades, Jací.
Lar, sempre longe.
Dunkel wird die Zeit
Durch Hoffnung bleiben wir frei.
This week, Prof Thompson of @UniofOxford joined @Refugees to explore our history: a small agency navigating Cold War politics and decolonization.
Crises brings change: including OAU Refugee Convention’s expanded protections.
Refreshing to be reminded: uncertainty isn’t new.
4 yrs into Sudan’s war, aid is still needed but it’s not enough. Development actors, donors & businesses came together at 3rd annual Sudan Development Partners Group mtg. Tangible ideas on better leveraging investments to help millions of displaced people & hosts live in dignity.
After devastating aerial attacks on Kyiv in recent days, UNHCR and partners are on the ground providing urgent support. Affected families are receiving psychosocial support, legal aid and emergency shelter materials, and are being registered for emergency cash assistance.
Recent Russian drone attacks damaged homes and civilian infrastructure across western Ukraine 🇺🇦. UNHCR partners provided legal aid, psychosocial support, and emergency shelter materials, including plastic sheeting and tarpaulins, to affected families.
"A nationality is a fundamental and universal right. You do not negotiate a fundamental right; if it is violated, you defend it."
Hear from Urbens Wilbert Dieuveuil, Director of Initiative Citoyenne pour les Droits de l'Homme (ICDH) in Haiti, our 200th member[1/2]
For millions of internally displaced people, protection begins with recognition in law
The entry into force of this IDP law strengthens rights, access to assistance, and pathways to solutions, helping ensure that displacement does not mean exclusion
@PaulaGaviriaB@UNHCRUkraine
✅⚖️Today, Ukraine’s new Law on Internal Displacement enters into force. Together w/ the State Strategy, it marks the biggest reform of Ukraine’s displacement framework in over a decade, shifting the focus from short-term aid to long-term inclusion, recovery & durable solutions.
✅⚖️Today, Ukraine’s new Law on Internal Displacement enters into force. Together w/ the State Strategy, it marks the biggest reform of Ukraine’s displacement framework in over a decade, shifting the focus from short-term aid to long-term inclusion, recovery & durable solutions.
📌 #UNGA81 Today I’ll be presenting my report on internally displaced persons & reconstruction after mass devastation due to conflict or disaster.
✅ Check the report: https://t.co/BV5FxeJg2N
📺 Follow the live session (I'll start around 12:00 NY time):
https://t.co/pHWssTb2SF
The principles that protect refugees and stateless people are not relics of the past. They are essential tools for navigating the challenges of today.
@EdemWosornu addressed UNHCR's #ExCom for the first time in her role as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection.