“Hamid. The Refugee who stayed.”
While many refugees and asylum-seekers are leaving Latvia to go to other EU countries, Hamid who is from Afghanistan calls Latvia his home and has applied for Latvian citizenship.
UNHCR’s observations to Danish law proposal on increased control in the area of immigration
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted observations to the Danish government’s proposal to amend the Aliens Act (Increased control in the area of immigration). When a foreigner has lost his Danish travel document more than once within a period of five...
Protecting through education
In Africa’s largest and most complex emergency, the South Sudan crisis, almost 90 per cent of those fleeing are women and children. Funding to UNHCR’s South Sudan operation from the Norwegian Government ensures that young South Sudanese refugee women and girls can attend and stay enrolled in school.
“How long do refugees live in camps?”
1,500 Danes visited UNHCR’s “Refugee Camp” in UN City in Copenhagen on the annual Culture Night.
UNICEF and UNHCR Joint Observations on the proposed amendments to the Norwegian Nationality Act and Nationality Regulations
UNHCR and UNICEF, as agencies entrusted by the United Nations General Assembly with a mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness around the world and advocate for the protection of children’s rights, respectively, have a direct interest in proposals in the field of nationality law and policy.
UNHCR’s observations on Danish proposal for new resettlement scheme
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted observations to the Danish government’s proposed amendments to the Aliens Act, introducing a new resettlement system. The amendments introduce a conditional quota scheme effective from 2018. Denmark’s...
”The profit largely outweighs the resources spent”
Roskilde Municipality has successfully teamed up with a Danish company to employ refugees. They receive language classes at the job, and the municipality has posted employees to assist with minor ongoing challenges.
UNHCR calls for the EU relocation scheme to continue
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has urged EU Member States to promptly relocate all asylum-seekers eligible under the EU’s emergency relocation scheme and for it to continue beyond the two years originally planned.
UNHCR’s observations to Denmark’s proposed amendments to the Aliens Act
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the Danish government’s proposal for amendments to the Aliens Act (Restricting the possibility of obtaining a permanent residence permit for foreigners who have actively opposed the clarification of...
UNHCR report highlights education crisis for refugee children
More than 3.5 million refugee children aged 5 to 17 did not have the chance to attend school in the last academic year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says in a report released today.
Ethiopian refugee shares her passion for dresses with Lithuanian women
Eskedar Maštavičienė was relocated to Lithuania from Malta in 2007. Now, 10 years later, she lives in Vilnius with her husband and three children and considers the country her home. She has started a charity to help local underprivileged women.
Finnish ‘grandmother’ helps troubled toddler find peace
Azaldeen and his young daughter are starting over on a small island in south-west Finland, after family tragedy forced them to flee Baghdad.