UNHCR assures continued support to Bangladesh
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assured Dhaka to provide its continued support to Bangladesh, especially on Rohingya crisis.
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UNHCR condemns funding cuts in humanitarian sector
United Nations high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi has said brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk...
UNHCR visits Cox鈥檚 Bazar Rohingya camps
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Friday visited the Rohingya camps in Ukhia, Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
UNHCR urges global focus on Rohingya crisis
Visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hoped that the international community would renew its focus to resolve the Rohingya crisis...
Saving lives should be first priority, says UNHCR over Rohingya issue
The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has called on States to prioritise life-saving actions as hundreds of Rohingya stateless people from Myanmar have sought safety in the region in the first five days of the new year...
Bangladesh elected as UNHCR VP
Bangladesh has been elected unanimously to serve as a vice-president of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the prime intergovernmental body of the UN responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe...
Chiefs of UNHCR, ILO meet prof Yunus
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus held meetings on Thursday with the chiefs of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the International Labour Organisation at a...
Rohingyas, we have not forgotten you
IN 2016, I was a health intern at the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur. In that period, I dealt with refugees from different countries who came to seek various forms of help. Among the hundreds of Rohingya men and women that I met, one young gentleman particularly stood out. Maung (not his real name) was a 17-year-old Rohingya who got separated...
Yunus seeks UNHCR鈥檚 support for Rohingya repatriation
Interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus sought United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi鈥檚 support for the 鈥榙ignified and voluntary鈥� return of more than one million Rohingya people, currently living in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar...
UNHCR welcomes govt commitment to support Rohingyas
On the seventh anniversary of the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh鈥檚 renewed commitment to supporting the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as outlined by chief advisor to thr interim government professor Muhammad Yunus...