Today is World Refugee Day – a day to honour the courage and resilience of millions of people around the globe forced to flee war, violence and persecution. But it is also a moment to sound an alarm ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, protects people forced to flee their homes due to conflict and persecution. We work in more than 130 countries, protecting millions of people by responding with vital ...

UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest numbers of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons. If ongoing conflicts remain unresolved and ...

UNHCR was launched on a shoestring annual budget of US$300,000 in 1950. But as our work and size have grown, so too have the costs. Our annual budget rose to more than US$1 billion in the early 1990s ...

About Alek Supermodel Alek Wek began supporting UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in 2011, was appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2013, and became an alumnus in 2023, following 10 years of ...