Danish emergency aid to UNHCR helps provide shelter to vulnerable people in DR Congo
As natural disasters exacerbate forced displacement, emergency support from Denmark allows UNHCR to provide shelter to vulnerable people in DR Congo.
Support from Denmark provides much needed aid to people fleeing conflict and climate impact in the Sahel
In a region with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises, Danish emergency funding helps UNHCR to continue to provide life-saving protection and support.
IKEA Foundation and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation invest in better data to boost protection and wellbeing of refugees
The World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) today announced new partnerships—with IKEA Foundation and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation—to understand the challenges of the forcibly displaced and their hosts so that the private sector, governments,...
Nordic contributions allow UNHCR to strengthen the emergency response in Afghanistan
Timely contributions from Denmark, Finland, and Norway enable UNHCR to continue providing life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Afghans.
World Diabetes Foundation and UNHCR launch ambitious new partnership to improve health services for refugees living with noncommunicable diseases
The three-year project will be implemented in Burundi, Sudan and Tanzania. The aim is that up to one million refugees, returnees and internally displaced women and men, and at least 500,000 people from the host communities, will benefit from better noncommunicable disease care.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation provides large grant in support of Afghan refugees
The generous grant of over 3 million USD (20 million DKK) will support UNHCR’s essential work to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees.
UNHCR receives largest private sector contribution for Afghanistan crisis in 2021
The LEGO Foundation and KIRKBI, the owners of the LEGO Group, contribute 30 million DKK US$4.7 million) to support UNHCR’s emergency response in Afghanistan.
News comment by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Denmark’s new law on the transfer of asylum-seekers to third countries
Today, the Danish Parliament approved amendments to the Danish Aliens Act. The amendments will enter into effect if Denmark secures a formal agreement with a third country. This could see the forcible transfer of asylum-seekers and the abdication of Denmark’s...
UNHCR urges the Danish Parliament not to adopt the Government’s proposed bill on the transfer of asylum seekers to a third country
Statement by Henrik M. Nordentoft, UNHCR Representative to the Nordic and Baltic Countries The Danish Parliament is currently considering a government bill that would enable asylum seekers in Denmark to be transferred to a third country for their asylum application to...