UNHCR launches exhibition on refugees in higher education
The photo exhibition “Becoming Who We Are” will be on digital display at Kista Library in Stockholm, Sweden, for the month of September.
Protecting Rohingya refugees and building monsoon resilience
Swedish support allows UNHCR to prepare for and respond to the monsoon season that exacerbates the situation in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh.
6 months after the war in Ukraine started
Comment from UNHCR’s Representative to the Nordic and Baltic countries
UNHCR survey finds refugees from Ukraine hope to go home
Refugees will need continued support until they are able to return.
IOM, UNHCR and UNICEF urge European States to end child detention
New recommendations released by the three agencies offer solutions and alternatives to the continued practice of detaining asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children across Europe.
New report analyzes Norway’s asylum law and access to territory
The Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers (NOAS) has examined Norway’s asylum law and practice related to access to territory, the application of the concept of safe third country and adherence to the principle of non-penalization of asylum– seekers...
New report analyzes Sweden’s temporary protection for people fleeing Ukraine
A new UNHCR-commissioned study provides an overview and analysis of how Sweden has implemented the Temporary Protection Directive for refugees from Ukraine.
Stories from the Field: “It is incredible to see the smiles of refugees waiting to start their new life”
An interview with our Swedish colleague Karolina Edsbacker, until recently in Libya and Tunisia.
Exhibition on Nansen’s legacy opened in Oslo on World Refugee Day
Five Nansen Refugee Award laureates are included in the exhibition.
News Comment: UNHCR’s Grandi welcomes developments on EU asylum reform, encourages further progress under Czech EU Presidency
Statement attributed to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
On World Refugee Day, UNHCR passed the mic to five young refugee speakers
To mark World Refugee Day, UNHCR passed the mic to four participants of the Refugee Speakers Programme and to a Burundian refugee and aspiring journalist in Kakuma camp in Kenya.
UNHCR: Global refugee resettlement needs will rise steeply next year
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.