”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.
UNHCR’s observations on Estonian law proposal on expulsion of refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s law proposal amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens. The aim of the proposal is to include the possibility to revoke refugee status and to allow an...
Journeys to Europe more diverse, but all high risk for refugees and migrants
Latest data on refugees and migrants entering and crossing Europe via the Mediterranean and Western Balkans routes.
Architects and asylum-seekers create a hub of inclusion in Norway
In Norway, a group of architects don’t take refugees’ preferences for granted – they ask.
Volunteers give refugees a taste of life in Lithuania
Aktyvus jaunimas (Active Youth), a youth group based in Vilnius, is trying to give newly arrived refugees a taste of their new home at the reception centre in Rukla, near Kaunas, Lithuania‘s second largest city.
Danish emergency funding to UNHCR assists 160,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan
Sudan is one of the largest emergencies in Africa today. Nearly 160,000 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Sudan in the first half of 2017.
Danish emergency funding to UNHCR boost lifesaving support for 30,000 DRC refugees in Angola
In northern Angola, 300-500 refugees arrive on a daily basis fleeing violent attacks in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The conflict has so far displaced 1.3 million civilians, with over 30,000 Congolese arriving in desperate conditions to find refuge in neighbouring Angola.