"FILIPPO GRANDI"

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is in Bangladesh for a five-day visit to discuss the needs of Rohingya refugees and support for the country that hosts them. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi urges stronger support for internally displaced persons, refugees, and host communities in Cameroon's Far North region. UNHCR

Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deteriorating at alarming speed, briefers tell Security Council, calling for attacks on civilians to stop.

On a three-day visit to Poland and Ukraine, the High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met senior officials in the region to discuss the humanitarian response in Ukraine, and families displaced by the war. UNHCR

Declaring that the world must deliver sustained support to the people of Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed for robust assistance to address the country’s humanitarian needs and those of Afghan refugees abroad. UNHCR

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN refugee agency said a shocking milestone has been reached with two million refugees fleeing Ukraine in just 12 days, mainly into five neighbouring countries, over half of whom have reached Poland alone. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, in just seven days, “one million people have fled Ukraine, uprooted by this senseless war,” and stressed that peace is “the only way to halt this tragedy.” UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations and humanitarian partners on Tuesday launched a $1.7 billion flash appeal to urgently help people displaced by the Russian military offensive inside Ukraine and beyond its borders. UNTV CH