Filippo Grandi

Illegal immigration into Hungary has been cut by over 99% after the country built a series of border fences in response to the European migrant crisis.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Chief Security Advisor, György Bakondi has announced that the border fences have cut the number of illegal immigrants entering the country from 391,000 in 2015, to 1,184 in 2017.

The U.N. refugee agency accused Australia yesterday of reneging on an agreement to settle some vulnerable asylum seekers held in controversial offshore detention centres, but Canberra said no such agreement existed.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has warned that Africa’s population explosion will overwhelm Europe unless the continent makes it more difficult for migrants to reach its shores.

The interior ministers of Germany, France and Italy are due to meet for crisis talks in Paris amid a warning from Italy that the influx of migrants into the country is unsustainable, BBC reported.
Italy has threatened to close its ports and impound rescue ships run by aid agencies carrying people from Libya.

Syria warned on Jan. 30 that safe zones for civilians proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump could only be established in coordination with Damascus, as the plans would otherwise violate the country's sovereignty.

The announcement was made in Damascus by Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem during a meeting with the head of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, Filippo Grandi.

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has called for a sweeping reform of the European Union's refugee policy.

GENEVA - Serbia's attitude towards migrants is respected worldwide, said Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin and highlighted that Serbia will next year be able to continue to count on significant budget funds from UNHCR.

Greek volunteers Efi Latsoudi and Konstantinos Mitragas on behalf of the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) became on Monday the latest in a long line of distinguished everyday heroes to receive UNHCR’s prestigious annual Nansen Refugee Award. Both winners of the UN Refugee Agency’s humanitarian prize helped thousands of refugees arriving on Greek shores during the 2015 refugee and migrant crisis – sav

Europe should boost its efforts to integrate newcomers from places like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency chief said Tuesday, calling it "one of the great challenges" of the future.

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett said May 2 she's proud to have been named a global goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency.