Unhcr Blog Posts

Angelina Jolie has terminated the tour you have made for the different neighboring Syria to see in person what the situation of Syrian refugees who have fled the cruel war that is unfolding in Syria and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of displa...

The shame of it. The deplorable, utter disgusting shame of it all.   What on earth is the job of the UNHCR if not to protect poor vulnerable people like these Burmese ? What is the job of the Delhi Police if not to protect the people of this ci...

I just don’t know what to say. How much can one castigate a city and its people for their cruelty and selfishness and heartlessness ?   Are you seriously telling me that in this whole, huge city there is not one place, not one DDA marriag...

Remember I told you about the poor Burmese refugees who are squatting in Vasant Vihar, trying to get access to the UNHCR ? I didn’t realise there were quite so many of them – 1,000 if this morning’s Times of India is to be believed...

“Not in my back yard.” Or as my neighbours in Vasant Vihar might well say, “Not in front of my wall”. Which is why some of the good, kind-hearted, rich, well-to-do people who spend a fortune to live in South Delhi have stretch...

Film star Angelina Jolie will use her powerful box office fame to draw wider attention to some of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. Jolie with flood victims of Pakistan in September 2010 Jolie, who h...

An standard of 2,000 families has been incoming on a daily basis at the camp since March 17, held the UNHCR. “New arrivals say that they have left their homes because of the proximity of fighting and due to instructions by the authorities to evacua...