VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Senior Protection Assistant (Refugee Status Determination) – CYP/2020/4 – Deadline Extended
Title: Senior Protection Assistant (Refugee Status Determination) Type of contract: UNOPS L – ICA 5 Organizational Unit: Protection Unit Duty station: Nicosia, Cyprus Duration: Until 31/12/2020, Subject to subsequent extensions *The Application deadline has been extended to: 22/7/2020 (COB)* This is a UNOPS Local Individual Contractor Agreement (LICA) position. Within the […]
UNHCR issues recommendations for EU to ensure refugee protection during the pandemic and beyond
Ελληνικά BRUSSELS – As the world continues to combat COVID-19, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the German Presidency of the European Union (EU) to keep refugee protection high on the agenda. UNHCR is proposing concrete ways the EU can ensure a bold and robust response to forced […]
Access to asylum further at stake in Hungary – UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about a legislative development in Hungary, the adoption on 17 June of the Act LVIII on Transitional Rules and Epidemiological Preparedness related to the Cessation of the State of Danger in response to the COVID-19 situation. This enactment further undermines the effective access […]
UNHCR appeals for resettlement places as record forced displacement and protection needs outstrip solutions
Over 1.4 million refugees currently residing in 62 host countries will be in need of resettlement next year according to latest estimates released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, at an annual resettlement forum today. “With one per cent of humanity now displaced and the overwhelming majority hosted in developing regions facing their own challenges, […]
News comment on follow-up actions regarding the protection of unaccompanied children at Pournara (ENG & ΕΛΛ)
UNHCR, within its monitoring role, reports and refers all protection incidents and allegations that come to its attention to the competent authorities for their appropriate action. Following UNHCR’s internal protocol protecting the potential victims, a consent of the victim – or in the case of children, their parents or guardians […]
News comment on the discussion at the Human Rights Parliamentary Committee on the situation at the Pournara Centre
UNHCR has been calling the attention of the competent authorities to the situation of unaccompanied children accommodated in the Pournara camp since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. UNHCR welcomed the Ministry of Interior’s plan to create a safe zone for minors during the expansion works and replacement of tents […]