UNHCR and SOAS in joint seminar on statelessness
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has together with the Swedish Organization Against Statelessness (SOAS) produced the joint seminar “The right to a nationality – the right to human rights” on the issue of statelessness. The seminar explores the causes...
“I can’t stay in Sweden and I cannot be sent to any other country”
Almontaser Quteineh, 39, has been living in Sweden as a stateless person since 2015 together with two of his children. They are stateless Palestinians and are not recognized as citizens of any country. Without a dedicated procedure for stateless persons to request...
Swedish Minister visits the world’s largest refugee settlement
Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Mr. Per Olsson Fridh, visits Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Swedish organization Yalla Trappan helps refugee women enter labour market
When Fatme Ibrahim arrived in Sweden on a November night 28 years ago after having fled from Lebanon, she felt very cold and very alone. She arrived with her husband and their young children – and without any formal work experience. Today, Fatme works at Yalla...
Q&A: “International solidarity has never been more important than now”
Jakob Århem, Public Health Officer with UNHCR in Lebanon, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting refugees in the country, and underlines why refugee inclusion in national vaccination plans is so important.
Stories from the Field: “There is a need for greater solidarity with frontline states”
An interview with our Swedish colleague Anne-Birgitte Krum-Hansen in Valletta, Malta. “Stories from the Field” is an interview series providing insight into the daily lives of some of our Nordic and Baltic colleagues, working for the organization all over the world....
Helping vulnerable children to find their inner hero
Syrian refugee wins UNHCR Innovation Award for an inventive project that helps vulnerable children overcome trauma linked to past experiences.
Stories from the Field: “The pandemic is much more than a health issue”
An interview with our Swedish colleague Toloe Masori in Erbil, Iraq. “Stories from the Field” is an interview series providing insight into the daily lives of some of our Nordic and Baltic colleagues, working for the organization all over the world. Why did you...
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.