Job Opening: Senior Protection Assistant (CYP/2020/1)
UNHCR VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT CYP/2020/1 Title: Senior Protection Assistant Type of contract: UNOPS LICA 5 Organizational Unit: Protection Unit Duty station: Nicosia, Cyprus Duration: Until 31 December 2020, Subject to subsequent extensions The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the agency entrusted by the United Nations General Assembly with […]
UNHCR issues recommendations for EU to make 2020 year of change for refugee protection
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched a set of ambitious but achievable Recommendations for the 2020 Croatian and German Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU). The Presidencies and the envisaged EU Pact on Migration and Asylum present unique opportunities to better protect forcibly displaced and stateless […]
UNHCR Cyprus’ First Integration Conference Results in Public Call to Action
On 11 December 2019, the UNHCR Country Office in Cyprus held its first annual Integration Conference in Nicosia, under the title The Integration of Refugees in Cyprus – Opportunities and Challenges. The conference was attended by 100 participants, including members of the refugee community in Cyprus, guest refugees from abroad, […]
Historic forum yields pledges of jobs, education for refugees
First-ever Global Refugee Forum wraps up with over 770 pledges to boost opportunities for refugees and their hosts.
Global Refugee Forum pledges collective action for better refugee inclusion, education, jobs
Ελληνικά A high-level meeting in Geneva of governments, international financial organizations, business leaders, humanitarian and development actors, refugees, and civil society representatives has secured wide-ranging and substantial commitments of support for refugees and the communities they live in, notably with important pledges of new long-term support for inclusion. In all, […]
World gathering on refugees opens in Geneva after ‘decade of displacement’
Global Refugee Forum, 16–18 December in Geneva