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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Portuguese Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, photo by EPA/BGNES
The number of Syrian refugees has increased by 704 000 in the first half of 2014 and they are currently the largest refugee group under the mandate of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), according to a newly published report.
A report of the UNHCR released on Wednesday indicated that the number of Syrian refugees could reach 4.2 million by the end of the year from the current level of over 3 million.
UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, as cited by AFP and the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, said on Tuesday described the ongoing crisis as the worst displacement situation in the world in the past 70 years.
He informed that the number of refugees worldwide had risen to over 50 million for the first time since 1945.
Guterres noted that Syrian refugees accounted for 23% of all refugees who were being assisted by UNHCR worldwide.
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are shocked and deeply saddened after 18 people – reportedly Afghans – including one child, were discovered dead on 17 February i
The UN refugee agency is gearing up for as many as half a million people or more to flee from Afghanistan in a “worst-case scenario” in the coming months, AP reports.
The world leaders' meeting will take place on Sunday in Berlin
The UN may not have enough money to pay its staff next month if member states fail to pay their dues, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
In August, 7712 refugees and migrants arrived on nine islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, which is more than July when 5008 people entered Greece by sea.
Today we mark World Refugee Day.
Ukraine's Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, issued a stark warning, stating that a third world war would erupt if Russia emerged victorious in the ongoing conflict
In a widely expected outcome, Croatia's ruling conservative party, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), emerged victorious in the parliamentary elections
Republican Congressman Mike Johnson from Louisiana has made a significant pivot in his stance on foreign aid, potentially swaying conservative opinion in favor of supporting aid to Ukraine
German authorities have apprehended two individuals holding dual German and Russian citizenship on suspicion of orchestrating acts of sabotage, including targeting United States military installations, to undermine military support for Ukraine.
Indonesia is grappling with a mounting crisis as rescue teams mobilize to evacuate thousands of people following a series of volcanic eruptions that have rattled the region
In a rare and highly anticipated move, Pavel Durov, the enigmatic owner and founder of the social platform Telegram, has emerged from years of relative seclusion to grant his first interview in a decade
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