Epidemiology and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020–December 2022 by Maurice Ope, Raymond Musyoka, Abdihakim Kosar, Mohammed Osman, Abdijamal Hassan, Hussein Mohammed, Penina Munyua, Bonventure Juma, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Sofia Mohammed, John Burton, Rachel B. Eidex

“…Methods: We describe interventions to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya and performed descriptive analyses using March 2020 to December 2022 data from Kenya's national SARS-CoV-2 repository and line list of positive cases maintained by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We calculated case fatality rates (CFR) and attack rates per 100,000 (AR) using the 2019 national census and population statistics from UNHCR and compared them to national figures. …”
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L'exil irakien à Damas by Mohamed Kamel Doraï

“…Neither Syria, nor the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have opened camps to accommodate the refugees, who are today one of the most important group of urban refugees throughout the world. …”
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L’asile contre la santé ? Vie et mort des homosexuels sénégalais réfugiés en Mauritanie by Christophe Broqua, Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, Agathe Menetrier, Djamil Bangoura

“…In Mauritania, some obtain refugee status from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and sometimes “resettlement” in Europe or North America after a long administrative process awaited in doubt. …”
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Home sweet home! Repatriation, reintegration and land allocation in Afghanistan by Nassim Majidi

“…The world has witnessed the largest voluntary repatriation program in recorded history (Kronenfeld, 2011), with over 4.6 million returnees assisted by the Government of Afghanistanand the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While in 2002 Afghanistan was synonymous with return, in 2012 Afghanistanis synonymous with a stalling voluntary repatriation process, growing numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and trends of mixed migration, with families, men, and unaccompanied children leaving Afghanistan legally or irregularly in the hope of a better life elsewhere. …”
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Impacts of Covid-19 on Migrants and Refugees by Subhash Kumar Baitha, Rinkal Tyagi, Souvik Chatterjee

“…According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 82.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes by the end of 2020, either as internally displaced persons (IDPs) or as refugees, as a result of violent conflict, persecution, famine, or natural disasters. …”
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Mediterranean refugee traffic: main routes and problems of control by Vasily D. Ostanin-Golovnya, Anna A. Pavliukova

“…The authors cite data from reports by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Organization against Torture, and a number of other international institutions. …”
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The UNHCR and the Management of Liberian Refugees in Nigeria, 1990-2007 by Olusesi Adewunmi OSUNKOYA

“…Nigeria was major host country of Liberian refugees in West Africa in particular and Africa in general during this period of study. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee was the main agency of the United Nations charged with the responsibility of providing humanitarian assistance to refugees. …”
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