United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees

18-year-old Saudi woman, 'held' at Bangkok airport, sends out desperate tweets seeking asylum, protesting deportation

Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch said that Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun should be allowed by Thailand to see the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and apply for asylum.

UNHCR welcomes Thailand's move to grant citizenship to three boys and coach trapped in Chiang Rai cave

UNHCR has welcomed the Thailand government's move to grant citizenship to the three "Stateless "trapped boys and their coach

Tensions mount in refugee camps in Bangladesh ahead of planned relocation of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar

Tensions mounted on Sunday at refugee camps in Bangladesh holding hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims over an operation to send them back to Myanmar, from where they have fled following a military crackdown.

Myanmar, Bangladesh accept UNHCR's offer for assistance on repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees

The two governments signed a pact settling the terms of the repatriation process, and return of Rohingya Muslims refugees to Myanmar is expected to start in two months

Supreme Court bars deportation of Rohingya Muslims until case hearing, says govt can't be blind to plight of women, kids

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the deportation of Rohingya Muslims in India to 21 November.

Refugees in Delhi Part 4: Somalian migrants enjoy peace but deportation, racial discrimination looms large

Over 1.1 million Somali refugees remained in neighbouring countries and the wider diaspora. As violence intensified in Yemen, Somalis who had fled continued to return home. By the end of the year, over 30,500 Somalis were back

Refugees in Delhi Part 3: Driven from their land, Afghan migrants find hope in football, yoga and art

On the first day of a sunny autumn in New Delhi, Firstpost met up with some boys from Afghanistan

65.6 million people displaced worldwide: United Nations report says figure highest ever in history

The United Nations said devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016.

Burmese Christians in India and a possible clue to why Europe's Muslim refugees are converting to Christianity

Though forced to relocate because of religious differences, Burmese Christians in India find solace in religion and community support, and their situation possibly explain why Muslim refugees are converting to Christianity in Europe