Refugee Solidarity Concert: We stand #WithRefugees
On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2018, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will be performing a concert to honour the strength, courage and resilience of those forced to flee their homes and homelands.
UNHCR issues a new report on “The Living Conditions of Asylum-seekers in Cyprus”
“This Report is not a work of academic research,” said Damtew Dessalegne, the UNHCR Representative in Cyprus, “but primarily a call to action for better standards of treatment of refugee applicants in a manner that asserts the value of asylum.”
UNHCR saddened at deaths in Cyprus shipwreck
This tragic incident is the first shipwreck in Cyprus. It underlines the crucial importance of saving lives at sea, and of the need for renewed efforts to combat smuggling and trafficking, and for strengthening safe alternatives to perilous sea journeys.
Joint Statement on the growing problem of homelessness among asylum-seekers in Cyprus
Given the alarming increase in the numbers of homeless asylum-seekers, these organisations issued a joint statement with a call to action.
Η Υ.Α. και ο Ο.Ο.Σ.Α. παρουσιάζουν σχέδιο δράσης για την προώθηση της εργασιακής απασχόλησης των προσφύγων
Η Ύπατη Αρμοστεία του ΟΗΕ για τους Πρόσφυγες (Υ.Α.) και ο Οργανισμός Οικονομικής Συνεργασίας και Ανάπτυξης (Ο.Ο.Σ.Α.) παρουσίασαν σήμερα ένα πρωτοποριακό σχέδιο δράσης για τη διεύρυνση των ευκαιριών εργασιακής απασχόλησης των προσφύγων. Στο έγγραφο δεν αποτυπώνονται μόνο οι προκλήσεις, οι ευκαιρίες και οι καλές πρακτικές για την ένταξη των προσφύγων […]
Homelessness is becoming an increasing issue for asylum-seekers in Cyprus
A disturbingly high number of asylum-seekers in Cyprus who have fled persecution and violence in their home countries are facing risk of homelessness, destitution and desperation because of critical shortcomings in the national asylum and reception policies.