About Us
UNHCR’s activities in the Northern Europe region are overseen by the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe. Our office is located in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition, the Representation has a UNHCR Liaison Office in Vilnius, Lithuania and in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The main roles of the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe are to:
- support governments in their implementation of European and international legal instruments related to asylum and statelessness,
- monitor that asylum-seekers have access to countries in the region and are able to apply for protection,
- support the national asylum authorities to develop fair, efficient, and high quality asylum procedures,
- advise governments, partners, and stakeholders on ways in which refugees can be helped to integrate into countries in the region,
- advocate for governments to find a solution to the situation of stateless persons within their borders,
- ensure that all persons of concern to UNHCR enjoy access to rights, by taking into account age, gender, and diversity, and for governments, partners, and stakeholders in the region to encourage and facilitate the active participation of persons of concern,
- raise awareness of the plight of the millions of refugees around the world and to place refugee and asylum issues on the agenda,
- mobilize financial and other support for the work of UNHCR worldwide.
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Associate Project Officer – Benin City, Nigeria
19.03.2018UNHCR wishes to engage the services of an Associate Project Officer to oversee the planning and implementation of an EU-funded project called Telling the Real Story – Information campaign (TRS) in close coordination with authorities in Nigeria.
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Associate Project Officer – Girba, Sudan
21.02.2018The UNHCR Division of External Relations is recruiting Associate Project Officer stationed in Girba, Sudan to work in the context of the Eritrean segments of a project called “Telling the Real Story”.
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Associate Project Officer – Khartoum, Sudan
21.02.2018The UNHCR Division of External Relations is recruiting Associate Project Officer stationed in Khartoum, Sudan to work in the context of the Eritrean segments of a project called “Telling the real story”.
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Child Protection Consultant – Baltic States
31.01.2018UNHCR RRNE is seeking a consultant with experience in child protection to draft a report that would provide a comprehensive overview of national systems and practices for unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Baltic States).
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Danish Ambassador to the UN: Unrestricted funding is essential for refugee responses
24.11.2017In 2015, new refugee crises erupted in amongst other places Burundi, Nigeria, Ukraine and Yemen. The need for humanitarian assistance was acute and there was no time to wait for aid organisations to appeal to donor countries. As a measure of initial crisis response, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, used […]
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Communication/PI Associate, UNHCR Sweden, G6 level
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The continuation of resettlement of refugees to Iceland is important
12.04.2017“It is crucial that Iceland continue to resettle refugees, as this is often the only durable solution for individuals who have fled because of persecution in their country of origin,” UNHCR’s regional representative for Northern Europe, Pia Prytz Phiri, said when she recently visited Iceland.