The UN Family in Serbia and the Government of the Republic of Serbia mark the 72nd Anniversary of the global organization
EMPOWERING SERBIA THROUGH THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS The support to the economic, social and political development of Serbia, which the United Nations Team in Serbia provides, is based on the fundamental values of this global organization. In the coming years,...
Central Mediterranean situation: UNHCR calls for an additional 40,000 resettlement places
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called today for an additional 40,000 resettlement places to be made available for refugees located in 15 priority countries*along the Central Mediterranean route. “These 40,000 resettlement places, which will complement already existing...
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. These include some 1.5 million refugee children missing out on primary school, the...
News comment from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme*
“Today’s decision by the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme sends a very strong signal on the importance of solidarity and responsibility sharing among EU Member States. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has been continuously advocating for a prompt...
As Europe refugee and migrant arrivals fall, reports of abuses, deaths persist
A newly compiled report by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, shows a decline in the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe in the first half of 2017. However, without legal means available to them many are still resorting to being transported by ruthless...
UNHCR: Standing with Refugees
Today, as we mark World Refugee Day, we are concerned that the number of forcibly displaced persons around the globe has risen to an unprecedented 65.6 million. The number of refugees amongst them has grown by a shocking 1.2 million to 22.5 million. “On World Refugee...
War, violence, persecution push displacement to new unprecedented high
War, violence and persecution worldwide are causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced, according to a report published today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR’s new Global Trends report, the organization’s major annual survey of the state of...
News comment by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Mediterranean crossings over the weekend
“Since Friday, we‘ve seen over 6,000 people crossing the Mediterranean to reach Italy – bringing the total this year to over 43,000. These massive arrivals and the fact that more than 1,150 people have either disappeared or lost their lives while trying to reach...
UNHCR urges suspension of transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary under Dublin
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today called for a temporary suspension of all transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary from other European States under the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin regulation is an EU instrument that determines which European State is responsible...