UNHCR observations on proposed amendments to the Danish Social Security legislation
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the proposed law amendments to the Danish Social Security legislation (Lov om ændring af lov om aktiv socialpolitik, lov om en aktiv beskæftigelsesindsats, integrationsloven og forskellige andre love,...
Norway donates NOK 31.5 million to refugees and IDPs
UNHCR welcomes the Norwegian Government’s generous donation of NOK 31.5 million (USD 4 million) to UNHCR appeals and activities for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ukraine and Myanmar.
Observations from UNHCR on Lithuanian law proposal on issuance and withdrawal of residence permits and protection status
UNHCR’s observations to the Lithuanian government’s proposed amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens.
Peteris’s dangerous journey: saving 2,000 lives in WWII
A woodpecker is working hard on one of the trees surrounding Peteris Jansons’s house on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island. Spring seems to have finally reached Scandinavia and Peteris, 92 years old and his wife Inga, 89, are preparing to celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary in April. They met on this very island in 1943, when Peteris arrived by boat after fleeing from Latvia so as not to have to serve as a soldier in the German army, which at that time had occupied his country.
Observations from UNHCR on Lithuanian law proposal on access to asylum procedure
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Lithuanian government’s proposed amendments to the Lithuanian Aliens Law. The proposal introduces restrictions on the access to apply for asylum in Lithuania, for instance regarding the court’s...
UNHCR’s observations on proposal to amend the law on granting international protection in Estonia
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s proposed amendments of the Estonian Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens. UNHCR notes a number of important changes and improvements in the law proposal, but would...
UNHCR’s observations to proposal to amend criteria for selection of refugees for resettlement to Denmark
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to Denmark’s proposal to amend the criteria for selection of refugees to be resettled to Denmark. The observations are available here....