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UNHCR issues educational toolkit on asylum and migration in Europe
26 Mar 2009 UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration launch a toolkit to help youth gain a better understanding about asylum and migration in Europe. -
UNHCR chief meets top EU officials; calls for a "Europe of Asylum"
16 Jul 2008 High Commissioner Guterres stresses the importance of UNHCR's partnership with the European Union during a visit to Brussels. -
UNHCR launches refugee poster campaign in Belgium
10 Apr 2008 UNHCR launches bilingual poster campaign aimed at raising awareness in Belgium about refugees and highlighting their need for protection. -
Report says young refugees suffer abuse after arrival in Europe
18 Feb 2008 A study conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands has found that young female and male refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are extremely vulnerable to several types of gender-based violence. -
Asylum seekers get rare chance to tell their stories in Brussels exhibition
9 Nov 2006 A striking new exhibition in Brussels gives refugees an opportunity to tell policy-makers their stories of seeking asylum in the European Union (EU), which plans to introduce a common asylum system by the end of the decade. -
A taste of Belgian Christmas warms hearts of asylum seekers
29 Dec 2005 When a Belgian newspaper in the province of Limburg launched an initiative asking its readers to invite an asylum seeker to Christmas dinner, over 100 families responded. For the Belgian hosts and their guests it turned out to be a memorable experience full of human warmth, and the start of some unexpected friendships. -
Chechen and Belgian refugees: Lots in common, if 90 years apart
3 Nov 2004 A photo exhibition in the North Belgian town of Zemst lets visitors share refugee experiences - past and present, local and global - by juxtaposing images of people who fled the town during World War I, and today's refugee crises in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Darfur and Western Sahara.