GENEVA - A team from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) arrived on the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border Sunday to assess the needs of hundreds of Uzbeks who fled violence in their homeland. The ...

GENEVA, June 6 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Monday welcomed the Kyrgyz authorities' successful operation to relocate 467 Uzbek asylum seekers away from the makeshift border camp where they had ...

Uzbekistan has fully reopened its only border crossing with Afghanistan, which had been closed to travellers since the Taliban took power in 2021, as it seeks to foster trade links with its neighbour.