Protecting through education
In Africa’s largest and most complex emergency, the South Sudan crisis, almost 90 per cent of those fleeing are women and children. Funding to UNHCR’s South Sudan operation from the Norwegian Government ensures that young South Sudanese refugee women and girls can attend and stay enrolled in school.
UNICEF and UNHCR Joint Observations on the proposed amendments to the Norwegian Nationality Act and Nationality Regulations
UNHCR and UNICEF, as agencies entrusted by the United Nations General Assembly with a mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness around the world and advocate for the protection of children’s rights, respectively, have a direct interest in proposals in the field of nationality law and policy.
Architects and asylum-seekers create a hub of inclusion in Norway
In Norway, a group of architects don’t take refugees’ preferences for granted – they ask.
Taking the plunge: Swimming lessons help integration in Norway
Somali refugee Abdullahi Yusuf Jibril helps others to take the plunge.
‘Leaving no one behind’: Norway’s unearmarked core support to the UNHCR saves refugees
In 2016, Norway became the largest donor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) per capita, the seventh largest donor country to UNHCR in total and the fourth largest donor of unearmarked support.
UNHCR observations on Norwegian law proposal on attachment requirement in family reunification cases
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations on the proposed amendments to the Norwegian Immigration Act and Regulations. The proposed amendment would make it possible for the Norwegian immigration authorities to refuse family reunification...
Call to prayer helps dentist’s Muslim patients feel at home
Somali dentist, once a refugee herself, fills in the gaps for new arrivals in Norway.
UNHCR Observations on proposed permanency of restrictions to the Norwegian Immigration Act
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Norwegian Government’s proposal to make the provisions of Restrictions package II, adopted in May 2016, permanent. The proposal also seeks to give the Ministry of Justice and Public Security permanent...
UNHCR observations to Norway’s proposed amendments to the access to family reunification
UNHCR’s observations to the proposed amendments to the Norwegian Immigration Regulation concerning the income requirement in family reunification cases.