UNHCR calls for EU to ensure a new chapter for refugee protection
Ελληνικά As a new year begins, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on Portugal and Slovenia to harness their 2021 European Union (EU) Presidencies and negotiations on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and show leadership to better protect refugees in Europe and...
UNHCR’s Second Annual Integration Conference tackles the integration process in Cyprus and the impact of misconceptions about refugees
On 9 and 10 December 2020, the UNHCR Country Office in Cyprus held its second Annual Integration Conference in Nicosia on the topic of The Integration Process in Cyprus and the Impact of Misconceptions about Refugees. Following the success of UNHCR’s first Integration...
UNHCR’s 70th anniversary is no cause for celebration
Ελληνικά On 14 December, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will be 70 years old. For an organization that should have ceased to exist after three years, it is an uncomfortable birthday that we are not in the mood to celebrate. As a...
UNHCR warns second wave of COVID pandemic driving further violence against refugee women and girls
Ελληνικά As the coronavirus pandemic prolongs, a lethal mix of confinement, deepening poverty and economic duress is unleashing a renewed wave of violence against refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “We are...
‘Leave no one behind’ in national health plans – UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations
Addressing this year’s High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection, Raouf Mazou, shines a spotlight on the need for inclusion when it comes to health policies.
UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history
2020 will be a record low for refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns today. “We are dealing with a disappointingly low resettlement ceiling to begin with – a quota of less than 50,000 for the entire year – and this was further impacted...