UN Agencies welcome relocation of vulnerable asylum-seekers to Norway
3 March 2021, OSLO: The International Organization for Migration (IOM), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, jointly welcome the relocation of 35 vulnerable asylum-seekers from Greece to Norway today. This is the first relocation to Norway...
Nordic and Baltic countries pledge important support for refugee education
From the Global Refugee Forum: Learn more about some of the Nordic and Baltic commitments aimed at enabling more refugees to go to school.
UNHCR and UNICEF jointly raise awareness in Norway about refugee children
With a graffiti-painted container in the middle of Oslo for the month of December, UNHCR and UNICEF spotlight the plight of millions of displaced children.
New report points to continuous gaps in protection of stateless persons in Norway
Today, a UNHCR-commissioned report analyzing the legal practice on statelessness in Norway is launched. Commending Norway’s commitment to end statelessness, UNHCR reiterates its concrete recommendations to the country in this area.
UNHCR: Relocations from Greece are more urgent than ever
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries welcomes Norway’s offer to swiftly start relocation of unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable asylum-seekers from the Greek islands. The situation on the islands has long been desperate and dire with overcrowding, inadequate health and hygienic conditions, as well as the threat from […]
UNHCR observations on Norwegian law proposal on the granting of temporary subsidiary protection
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the proposed amendment of the Norwegian Immigration Act. The proposal seeks to introduce the opportunity to grant individuals a temporary subsidiary protection, instead of refugee status, in situations of...
Norwegian support for Venezuelan refugees provides vital economic stability to families
Funding from Norway is supporting Venezuelan refugees and migrants affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Syrian family awaits end of lockdown to start new life in Norway
Airport closure put Wafaa and her family’s resettlement on hold, but she hopes that once crisis eases they can leave Lebanon and her teenage son can stop work.
Norway provides resettlement and financial support to life-saving evacuations from Libya
Hundreds of vulnerable refugees have been evacuated from risk and abuse in Libya and taken to safety in Rwanda via UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Mechanism. This is possible thanks to funding and resettlement commitments from Norway.