UNHCR’s observations to proposal to amend criteria for selection of refugees for resettlement to Denmark
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to Denmark’s proposal to amend the criteria for selection of refugees to be resettled to Denmark.
The observations are available here.
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Thousands still fleeing Sudan daily, after one year of war
09.04.2024This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado Mur – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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UNHCR: Global refugee resettlement needs grow in 2024
26.06.2023GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has anticipated a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year. According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024 released today, over 2.4 million refugees will be in need of resettlement, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to […]
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Visiting earthquake-ravaged areas of Türkiye and Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support for survivors trying to rebuild
13.03.2023Istanbul, Türkiye — UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded a five-day visit to earthquake-devastated areas of Syria and Türkiye, visiting survivors and affected people, as well as humanitarian staff on the ground providing urgent support to people in need. The earthquake has claimed 54,000 lives in the two […]
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As snow falls on Chernihiv, a town north of Kyiv, families are finding solace in the warmth of their newly repaired homes
03.01.2023UNHCR’s shelter programme repairs homes damaged by airstrikes and shelling this year.
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UNHCR publishes mapping of Complementary Education Pathways in the Nordic and Baltic countries
14.11.2022UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has published the report, “Mapping of Complementary Education Pathways in the Nordic and Baltic Countries”. With this report, UNHCR aims to raise awareness of – and initiate dialogue on – education pathways for refugees living in third countries into the Nordic and Baltic countries. Complementary […]
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Danish companies stepping up: Large donation of blankets will provide warmth to families fleeing Ukraine
05.03.2022The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating. In just seven days, more than one million people have fled the country. Most of them are women and children. Moreover, at least one million people have become displaced in their own country. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working hard to […]
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UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024
11.11.2020COVID-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today. Marking the sixth anniversary of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign, aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, Grandi called on world leaders to include and protect stateless populations and make bold and swift […]
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Livestream event: ‘Refugee Voices from Around the World’
19.06.2020This World Refugee Day, get to know some of the refugees behind the numbers in our virtual event, streaming live from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 June.
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“No one should have to risk their life to reunite with their family”
01.02.2018With her own life in danger, Manal made a decision no mother should have to make: she fled to safety in Denmark, leaving her children behind.
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Quiet librarian and outspoken Syrian artist form unlikely bond
04.09.2016Gay refugee who fled bombs and persecution finds safety and support in Sweden.
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UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness
More than half a million people in Europe are estimated to be stateless – they have limited access to basic rights and services such as education and healthcare and can face life-long discrimination.
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UNHCR’s observations to proposal to amend criteria for selection of refugees for resettlement to Denmark
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to Denmark’s proposal to amend the criteria for selection of refugees to be resettled to Denmark. The observations are available here.
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UNHCR’s observations to proposal to amend criteria for selection of refugees for resettlement to Denmark
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to Denmark’s proposal to amend the criteria for selection of refugees to be resettled to Denmark. The observations are available here.
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UNHCR’s observations on proposal to amend the law on granting international protection in Estonia
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s proposed amendments of the Estonian Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens. UNHCR notes a number of important changes and improvements in the law proposal, but would like to take the opportunity to comment on a number […]
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Observations from UNHCR on Icelandic proposal to amend the Foreigner’s Act
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the Icelandic government’s law proposal on the Icelandic Act on Foreigners. The amendments are introducing a number of modifications in affairs of the Appeals Board, the Refugee Committee and applications for international protection. UNHCR is in its observations providing a […]
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Peteris’s dangerous journey: saving 2,000 lives in WWII
A woodpecker is working hard on one of the trees surrounding Peteris Jansons’s house on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island. Spring seems to have finally reached Scandinavia and Peteris, 92 years old and his wife Inga, 89, are preparing to celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary in April. They met on this very island in 1943, when Peteris arrived by boat after fleeing from Latvia so as not to have to serve as a soldier in the German army, which at that time had occupied his country.
