6 mln Afghan refugees return home since 2002: UNHCR report
ISLAMABAD: As many as six million Afghan refugees have returned home since 2002, including 5.3 million with support of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with the hope of…
141 refugees released from detention in Libya: UNHCR
TRIPOLI: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it secured the release of 141 refugees from detention in western Libya. "UNHCR secured last week the release…
UNHCR steps up efforts to support flood-affected refugees
ISLAMABAD: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, has stepped up efforts to support hundreds of Afghan refugee and Pakistani families affected by severe rainfall and…
NDMA starts flood damage assessment and survey in collaboration with UN agencies
ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has started flood damage assessments and survey in deluge hit areas of the country in collaboration with United Nations (UN) agencies, provincial disaster management…
Research shows Syrians in Turkey “here to stay” despite hard living conditions
ISTANBUL: A vast majority of the huge Syrian community living for years in Turkey have no plans to return home, despite challenging living conditions and a prevailing anti-refugee sentiment in…
Pakistan urges ending year-long IIOJK siege as world marks Humanitarian Day today
ISLAMABAD: As world marked Humanitarian Day on Wednesday, Pakistan stressed steps to ameliorate the worsening humanitarian situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJ&K) including lifting of year-long draconian…
Amidst COVID 19, global support for refugees, host communities imperative: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday said as the COVID-19 had compounded the vulnerabilities already displaced people, the global support to refugees and host communities was…
Global displacement stands at 79.5 million: UNHCR
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the UN refugee agency Friday said that the year 2019 saw a sharp increase in global displacement, affecting more than one…
UN chief marks World Refugee Day
ANKARA: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued a statement Thursday to mark World Refugee Day. “On World Refugee Day, my thoughts are with the more than 70 million women, children…
UNHCR seeks world support for refugee hosting countries
ISLAMABAD: The representatives of the Islamic Republics of Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) called on the international community to support refugee hosting countries and…
389 registered Afghan families repatriated to Afghanistan
389 registered Afghan families repatriated to Afghanistan: UNHCR
ISLAMABAD: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voluntary repatriated 389 registered Afghan families comprising 1,528 individuals to Afghanistan from Pakistan after the winter break, resumed in March 1.…
Libya
IDPs in Libya need assistance after returning home: UNHCR
TRIPOLI: Nearly half a million internally displaced people (IDPs) who have returned to their homes in Libya are in need of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees…
UNHCR to reinforce pre-screening procedures for clothing
DAR ES SALAAM: UN refugee agency said it will reinforce its pre-screening procedures before any clothing is distributed to refugees. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in…
Afghan refugee
Pakistan becomes world’s second largest host of refugees: UN HC
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has published a report of the countries hosting refugees. According to the report, Turkey is on the top in twenty countries by…