“Let’s Meet!”: Sri Lankan cuisine brings refugees and local community together
Refugees and Estonians are bonding over food this year at a series of interactive, ethnic food workshops.
Estonia funding to UNHCR rebuilds shattered homes in Ukraine
In 2017, with funding from the Government of Estonia, UNHCR helped the most vulnerable people forced to leave their homes globally.
“No Way Back”
“No Way Back” follows three Syrian refugees living in Istanbul and shows their struggles, their joys and their dreams.
UNHCR’s observations on Estonian law proposal on expulsion of refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s law proposal amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens. The aim of the proposal is to include the possibility to revoke refugee status and to allow an...
Saving lives and welcoming refugees, a responsibility of everyone
World Refugee Day is also a good time for everyone to contemplate what each of us can do to overcome indifference or fear and embrace the idea of inclusion, and welcome refugees into our own communities.
Improving the access of asylum seekers to legal remedies and monitoring the reception conditions in the Republic of Estonia
In cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Estonian Human Rights Centre (EHRC) will undertake a project on provision of free legal aid and monitoring reception conditions in 2017.
Observations from UNHCR on Estonia’s proposed law amendments to the Penal Code and Aliens Act
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s law proposal amending the Penal Code and the Aliens Act. The proposal seeks to bring Estonia’s national legislation in line with the European Convention on Preventing and...
Family from Aleppo finds peace and quiet in a small Estonian town
In a small Estonian town called Viljandi, the locals have accepted the Kasem family from Syria rather well. Strangers often come up to them in the street to say hello and find out how the family has settled in. Click to see more photos and read about the Kasem...
Estonia donates half a million euros to UNHCR’s emergency operations
As 2016 draws to a close, the world is witnessing a record high level of forced displacement, with over 65 million people on the move. While new refugee crises are erupting, unresolved and protracted refugee situations worldwide shows no signs of being resolved in the nearest future. The challenges faced by UNHCR in attempting to respond to multiple life-threatening crises and ever-growing humanitarian needs are rapidly expanding.