Observations from UNHCR on Estonian law proposal on the procedure for interviewing asylum-seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s draft decree that seeks to establish the procedure for interviewing applicants for international protection. UNHCR welcomes the initiative of the Ministry of the Interior to...
Observations from UNHCR on Estonian law proposal on preventing gender-based violence and trafficking
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s law proposal that seeks to bring the national legislation in line with the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence as well as...
Observations from UNHCR on Estonia’s revised law proposal to amend the law on granting international protection
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s revised law proposal amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens and other related laws. In 2015, UNHCR submitted comments on the proposed amendments twice....
UNHCR’s observations on Estonia’s revised law proposal to amend the law on granting international protection
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s revised law proposal amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens and other related laws. In UNHCR‘s view, the proposal introduces many substantial changes and...
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...
Estonia donates EUR 50,000 to Syrian refugees in Jordan
As part of the international community’s emergency response to Syria, the Republic of Estonia has donated EUR 50,000 (USD: 64, 350) to UNHCR to assist and protect Syrian refugees in Jordan.