Education on Hold: Almost half of school-aged refugee children from Ukraine missing out on formal education
As the new school year commences across Europe, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that refugee children and youth from Ukraine now face their third year of disrupted education, following the full-scale invasion in February 2022. In a new Education Policy Brief...
New UNHCR report reveals over 7 million refugee children out of school
GENEVA – More than half of the world’s 14.8 million school-aged refugee children are currently missing out on formal education, risking their future prosperity and the attainment of global development goals, according to a new report published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
Strängnäs takes the lead in Sörmland with the launch of community sponsorship program
Community Sponsorship Programs are now spreading to more Swedish municipalities. On August 30th, the program was launched in Strängnäs municipality. Residents, representatives from civil society, and local politicians had gathered to celebrate that the municipality...
UNHCR launches ‘Hope Away from Home’ campaign urging global action and solidarity with people forced to flee
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today launched a new global campaign entitled ‘Hope Away from Home’ calling for renewed solidarity and firm commitments from States to uphold the rights of people seeking safety from war, violence and persecution. The campaign...
UNHCR launches Swedish teaching material about refugees
Why are refugees fleeing their countries? How do refugees sometimes end up far away when they seek safety? And what is the one most important thing that you would bring with you, if you were forced to flee your home because of war, violence, or persecution? In...
Unearmarked funding enables UNHCR to respond to emergencies and forgotten crises
Unearmarked contributions and rapid funding from Denmark have allowed UNHCR to quickly scale up and respond in emergencies such as breakout of conflict in Sudan, the earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye and tragic fires in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.
“Integration can be mutually beneficial – both for the refugees, and for the locals”
Danderyd Municipality pilots community sponsorship project, the first of its kind in Sweden, linking up refugees with welcome guides in order to spur integration.
New operational update Lithuania
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic countries have published an operational update from Lithuania, covering the period 1 April to 30 June (Q2) 2023. The update includes highlights of the activities and work done by UNHCR and our partners in Lithuania,...
New operational update Estonia
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic countries have published an operational update from Estonia, covering the period 1 April to 30 June (Q2) 2023. The update includes highlights of the activities and work done by UNHCR and our partners in Estonia, such as...
New operational update Latvia
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic countries have published an operational update from Latvia, covering the period 1 April to 30 June (Q2) 2023. The update includes highlights of the activities and work done by UNHCR and our partners in Latvia, such as...
“Data can inform policies and programmes that can improve the situation for all”
Interview with Danish Maja Lazić, Deputy Head of the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement in Copenhagen on the work and ambitions of the innovative partnership – and on how data and analysis can concretely help improve the response to global...
UNHCR updates Danish teaching material about forced displacement
UNHCR and Forstå.dk have jointly updated the Danish educational course “På Flugt”, targeting 6th and 7th graders.