United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees

Refugees going home to nowhere

Article Lester Kiewit - 13 Dec 2019

Asylum seekers will leave the Cape Town church, but most do not have documents, a situation they blame on the home affairs department

Fear inside the church of refugees

Article Lester Kiewit - 21 Nov 2019

Migrant leader accused of military-style tactics to influence people and push authorities for a chance to leave South Africa

Holistic approaches to ending violence

Article Xolile Professor Zulani, Antonia Michaela Porter & Peter John Christians - 1 Nov 2019

Gender-based violence and xenophobia need to be addressed through approaches that take account of people’s emotions and trauma

Police and migrants clash in downtown Cape Town

Article Lester Kiewit - 30 Oct 2019

The migrants are calling on the United Nations to help them be repatriated to other countries, including Canada and Australia

Widespread torture and rape documented in Libya’s refugee camps

Africa Nermin Ismail - 28 Mar 2019

An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found.

Displaced Congolese find unlikely refuge in Angola

Africa Simon Allison - 3 May 2017

So far, an estimated 12 300 people have made the perilous journey to safety on foot, fleeing deepening conflict in Kasai province

UN praises Uganda’s treatment of refugees fleeing from neighbouring countries

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 23 Mar 2016

More than 100 000 refugees arrived in in Uganda 2015 alone, making the country the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa.

Any place but home for record number of people

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Jun 2014

The annual global trends report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) paints a very bleak picture.

Over 3.5-million people displaced by conflicts in 2011

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Apr 2012

International monitors say conflicts, including the uprisings in the Arab world, last year forced 3.5-million people to flee within their country.

South Africa ignores deportee torture claims

Article Niren Tolsi - 9 Mar 2012

Congolese deportees claim the South African government is in cahoots with the DRC's President Kabila, who they say is stifling dissent using torture.

UN raises concern over thousands displaced in DRC

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Mar 2012

The UN's refugee agency says about 3 000 people from the DRC have been displaced amid renewed rebel attacks since the beginning of this year.

Embassy in Greece for Afghan asylum seekers

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jan 2012

Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece to help thousands of Afghan asylum seekers stranded while seeking a better life in Europe.

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