UNHCR’s unprecedented US$700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions
Geneva – Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. Without an injection of at least US$700 million...
UNHCR and SOAS launch statelessness exhibition in Sweden
UNHCR and SOAS are jointly launching the photo exhibition We Belong: Global Faces of Statelessness on 24 October at Folkuniversitetet in Stockholm.
Providing water, food and shelter for people displaced on the Horn of Africa
Finland’s unearmarked funding allows UNHCR to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia.
UNHCR celebrates DAFI’s 30 years of refugee scholarship support, calling for more investment in education
For the last 30 years, the German-backed DAFI scholarship programme has helped transform the lives and prospects of numerous young displaced people, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today as it urged more investment in access to higher education for refugees to help...
UNHCR observations to Denmark’s proposed law amendment of the deportation rules
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries has submitted its observations on the Proposal for amendments to the Danish Aliens Act (Amendment of the deportation rules and introduction of the rules on deportation of foreigners covered by EU rules). The...
New report from UNHCR and Save the Children: Finland’s earlier relocation of asylum-seeking children from Greece showcased good and child-friendly practices
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Save the Children Finland, today launch a joint assessment report on Finland’s relocation of 126 unaccompanied minors from Greece in 2020 and 2021 as part of the voluntary EU solidarity mechanism.
UNHCR supports Latvia and Lithuania with relief items for temporary accommodation of refugees from Ukraine
STOCKHOLM: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has in the past week delivered a shipment of relief items to Latvia and Lithuania in support of the ongoing response to the Ukraine refugee situation in the two countries. As of the start of October, nearly 41,000 refugees from...
UNHCR: Alternative to detention is a better solution
The Human Rights Committee of the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized a round-table discussion, “Are...
A Day in the Life of Massoud in Denmark
Meet 27-year-old Massoud from Syria as he shows us how to make Arabic coffee and talks about building a new life in Denmark.
Angela Merkel to receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany, will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. Each year, the award – named after the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian Fridtjof...
The passion, vision and action of Fridtjof Nansen, humanitarian extraordinaire
Ahead of this year’s UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, we look back at the life and achievements of the Norwegian pioneer who gave his name to the prize.
Refugees from Ukraine are eager to work but need sustained support to ensure inclusion
Most refugees from Ukraine are highly educated and willing to work and contribute to their host countries. But they need support to help ensure their socio-economic inclusion, concludes a survey by UNHCR.