Sweden’s support provides a lifeline to people fleeing and displaced in Ukraine
More than 2 million people have now fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries. Inside Ukraine, UNHCR estimates that around 1.8 million people have been displaced to date. The humanitarian needs are enormous and rapidly increasing. UNHCR is strengthening the response, in...
Funding from Sweden ensures life-saving aid as violence surge in Ethiopia
Sweden’s unearmarked funding helps UNHCR to quickly respond to urgent shelter needs for refugees, who have been displaced by the continued fighting in Ethiopia.
UNHCR and TEDxStockholm launch Refugee Speakers Programme
UNHCR and TEDxStockholm launch Refugee Speakers Programme to help amplify refugee voices and give nuance to the narrative of persons with refugee background.
UNHCR receives clothing donation from H&M for people forced to flee
In close collaboration with fashion retailer H&M, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is delivering clothes to more than 250,000 displaced people in Iraq.
Football club Malmö FF becomes first sports club in Sweden to pledge commitment to support integration of refugees through work and sport opportunities
Recognizing the power of sport in bringing people together, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Malmö FF today announce a partnership towards strengthening refugee integration and inclusion in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Malmö FF is pledging to increase employment...
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,...
UNHCR and Ericsson sign global partnership agreement
The partnership will ensure faster and more efficient connectivity to people, who have been forced to flee their homes – and already, equipment is on its way to help displaced Venezuelans in Colombia.
UNHCR observations to report on requirements for Swedish citizenship
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries has submitted its observations on the “Final report of the inquiry on language and social studies requirements for Swedish citizenship and other citizenship issues” UNHCR welcomes that the starting point in...
Call for applicants: Interested in sharing your experiences as a refugee?
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries is launching a Refugee Speakers Programme as an initiative for aspiring public speakers who are passionate about telling their story and advocating for the refugee cause. We want to support persons with...