UNHCR praises Austrian, German Leadership and Civil Society Response
UNHCR welcomes the decision of Austria and Germany to receive thousands of refugees and migrants who crossed the border last night from Hungary. This is political leadership based on humanitarian values. UNHCR also praises the civil society groups and individuals of...
Statement By Un High Commissioner For Refugees, António Guterres On Refugee Crisis In Europe
The European Union is preparing key emergency meetings to take decisions in its response to the present refugee and migration crisis. The situation requires a massive common effort that is not possible with the current fragmented approach. Europe is facing its biggest...
Aid By UNHCR To Serbian Refugee Response Reaches One Million Euro
As of today, the UN Refugee Agency has provided one million Euro worth of support to the refugee response of the Government of Serbia. Since early June, refugees are receiving food, water, personal hygiene items supplied by UNHCR and handed out by the Red Cross of...
UN Refugee Agency steps up support to Serbia
UNHCR Belgrade is scaling up its support to the Government in light of a surge of refugee arrivals at Serbia’s southern borders. Currently up to 2.000 refugees are crossing the border from FYROM every day, out of which roughly half register at the One-Stop...
UNHCR warns of growing humanitarian crisis in Greece and the Western Balkans amid soaring refugee arrivals
The number of refugees arriving in the Greek islands continues to soar, with an average of 1,000 daily arrivals. Since the beginning of the year, 77,100 people have arrived by sea to Greece (as of 3 July). Almost 60% of the arrivals by sea are refugees from Syria,...
UN Helps Refugees And Authorities In Presevo
Hans Friedrich Schodder, UNHCR Representative in Serbia today accompanied Aleksandar Vulin, the Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs and the Chairman of the Working Group for Resolving Problems of Mixed Migration Flows of the Government of Serbia...
UNHCR warns of dangerous new era in worldwide displacement as report shows almost 60 million people forced to flee their homes
A UNHCR report, released today, shows that worldwide displacement from wars, conflict, and persecution is at the highest levels we have recorded, and accelerating fast. UNHCR’s new annual Global Trends report shows a sharp escalation in the number of people...
Mental health of asylum-seekers in Serbia
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presented today the Study on Psychological Characteristics of Asylum-Seekers in Serbia. The objectives of the research were to gain insight into the psychological wellbeing of the asylum-seekers in Serbia with a special focus on refugees from...
Forty Five New Housing Units In Belgrade For Vulnerable Refugee And IDP Families
Mayor of the City of Belgrade, Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Serbia, UNHCR Representative in Serbia and the Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia Building inspected today the construction works for the new...