The U.N. refugee agency is among the possible contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

UNHCR is a possible contender for the 2019 peace prize

More than 1,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row that that "bleak milestone" has been reached, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.

Migrant death toll in Mediterranean tops 1,000 for 6th year: UNHCR

A group of 66 African refugees and asylum-seekers arrived in Kigali late Thursday, the UN said, the first of what could be thousands relocated from Libya under a new programme.

Rwanda welcomes first group of African refugees from Libya

Pakistan on Thursday failed to muster any support to table a resolution on Kashmir at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Thursday was the last day to bring any resolution at the UNHRC.

Pakistan fails to muster support to table resolution on Kashmir at UNHRC 

Bangladesh will work with the United Nations refugee agency to determine if more than 3,000 Rohingya refugees will accept Myanmar's offer to return home, an official said on Monday, nearly a year after a major repatriation plan failed.

Bangladesh, UNHCR to survey Rohingya regarding return to Myanmar

The Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Reufgees Filippo Grandi warned on Tuesday (August 13) that an exodus of Venezuelans will continue without a "political solution" to resolving deadlock in Venezuelan between the President of Nicolas Maduro and the country's opposition.

UN's refugee chief warns of Venezuelan exodus without "political solution"

About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya, a Libyan navy official said on Thursday.

115 people feared drowned, 134 rescued after migrant boat capsize: Libya Navy

Up to 150 people have drowned after their boat sank off the Libyan coast Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirmed. Around 300 people are believed to have embarked on the dangerous sea crossing from the Libyan port city of Al-Khums, 80 miles east of Tripoli, UNHCR spokesman Charlie Yaxley said. The vessel got into trouble in the waters off the coast of Libya. Some passengers were rescued by local fishermen, who were later joined by the Libyan coastguard, he added.

Libya shipwreck survivor recounts tragedy

Japan's ambassador to Colombia said on Thursday (July 04) that his country would provide approximately 4,500,000 dollars to two United Nations agencies to help deal with the influx of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia. Ambassador Keiichiro Morishita signed an agreement in Bogota on Thursday that would provide the funding to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Japan To Help Migrant Crisis In Colombia

An air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in the Libyan capital Tripoli on July 2, killing over 44 people and wounding more than 130, the United Nations said. Watch this video to know more.

Libya detention centre attack: over 44 killed, 130 injured

The United Nations on Wednesday said that despite populist rhetoric in the West, the real refugee crisis is playing out in developing countries, which hosts most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and persecution.

71 million people have fled their home or their country in 2018, UNHCR says

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday urged the international community to provide more support to three South American countries with the most migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela, saying 20,000 Venezuelan children are at risk of being without basic citizenship rights.

Angelina Jolie urges international support for Venezuelan children

Bangladesh coast guards on Thursday stopped 58 Rohingya refugees from making a potentially dangerous journey to Malaysia by sea and arrested two suspected traffickers, an official said.

Bangladesh picks up 58 Malaysia-bound Rohingya at sea

Myanmar must "show results" to convince Rohingya refugees to return, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday at the end of his first visit to Myanmar since the crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in 2017.

'Results' needed from Myanmar over Rohingya return: UNHCR head

Humanitarian groups including the Norwegian Council for Refugees and the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said European states needed to do more in preventing the deaths of migrants after at least 65 people drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea on Friday. Watch the full video to know more.

Humanitarian groups condemn European states after migrant deaths

The UN has said an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family is a legitimate refugee and has asked Australia to resettle her, Canberra said Wednesday, as the Twitter-led campaign to grant her asylum edged towards resolution.

UN says Saudi teen is legitimate refugee, asks Australia to resettle her

Thailand is not a signatory to a UN convention on refugees, and asylum seekers are typically deported or wait years to be resettled in third countries.

Asylum assessment of Saudi woman in Thailand to take days: UNHCR

Australia on Tuesday vowed to consider an 18-year-old Saudi woman's plea for asylum, further easing fears she could be forcibly returned home. Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun's desperate bid to reach Australia will be "carefully considered" if the United Nations deems she is at risk, an official told AFP.

Australia says it will 'carefully consider' Saudi woman's asylum plea

The UN refugee agency has expressed regret over India's decision to repatriate a group of Rohingya to Myanmar, saying it has sought clarification from India on the circumstances under which the asylum seekers were sent back, voicing concern over the unconducive conditions for such returns.

UNHCR seeks clarification from India over repatriation of Rohingya to Myanmar

Up to 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their devastated homeland in 2019, while many others face problems with documentation and property that the Damascus government must help resolve, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

250,000 Syrian refugees could return home next year: UNHCR

This decade has seen massive movements of people fleeing war, poverty and persecution. Here are some key cases. Since 2011: Syria The Syrian war has killed more than 360,000 people since it began in March 2011 and it has led to a massive exodus of people, mostly to camps in neighbouring countries.

Major migration flows in the last decade

The Home Secretary of National Human Rights Commission Rajiv Gauba said that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was suspended in various parts of the country.

Armed Forces Special Powers Act suspended from various states: Home Secretary of NHRC

For the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to southeast Bangladesh in the past nine months, the approaching monsoon season poses the most serious threat since they were violently expelled from Myanmar

'Our families would be killed': Rohingya brace for monsoon

'Conditions in Myanmar are not yet conducive for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of refugees,' it said in a statement, adding that the responsibility remains with the government to create such conditions

Myanmar not ready for return of Rohingya Muslims, says UNHCR

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