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Syria Crisis: UNHCR urges European Union states to honour their asylum system principles
16 Oct 2012 These include ensuring access to territory, access to asylum procedures and harmonized approaches to the adjudication of asylum claims. -
Olympic spirit gives hope to refugees
27 Jul 2012 UNHCR and the International Olympic Committee are working to collect 100,000 items of sports clothing donated by athletes to send to refugees in Africa and Asia. -
Donors pledge more than 300 million euros to help refugees in Balkans
25 Apr 2012 A new programme will provide homes for some 74,000 people displaced in the Balkans during the conflict of the 1990s. The EU pledged 230 million euros. -
Statelessness: Citizenship hopes draw closer for Roma asylum-seeker
5 Dec 2011 Asylum-seeker Muqishta Nuqi never gave up in his determination to become a Bosnian citizen, like his parents and siblings, and his persistence is paying off. -
Statelessness: UNHCR urges Britain to ensure rights of the stateless
24 Nov 2011 UNHCR releases a report on Statelessness in the United Kingdom and calls on the British government to protect the human rights of the stateless. -
An unexpected meeting with Angelina Jolie brings joy a year later
15 Nov 2011 Thirteen people, including septuagenarian sisters Lena and Mara, move into a US-funded apartment block in Bosnia a year after a visit by Jolie. -
UNHCR welcomes latest regional effort to end refugee displacement in Balkans
8 Nov 2011 Ministers of four countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia support new regional progamme to end the suffering of more than 70,000 refugees. -
A new home on memory lane in Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 Apr 2011 At 73 years old, refugee returnee Biserka Vukasinovic is the proud owner of a UNHCR-renovated house full of memories and new friendships. -
Q&A: The importance of being adversarial
25 Jan 2011 Award-winning journalist Clare Sambrook has made a name with her stories highlighting the plight of child asylum-seekers in the United Kingdom.