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UNHCR chief calls on EU to harmonize asylum systems
28 Mar 2008 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres stresses the need for a harmonized asylum system in European Union countries. -
UNHCR protection chief launches fresh look at Afghan situation
27 Feb 2008 UNHCR's top protection official, Erika Feller, meets Afghan refugees in Iran and reflects with Iranian authorities on the way forward in this issue. -
Elderly refugees struggle to integrate in Slovenia
17 Jan 2008 Elderly refugees pose a major integration challenge for UNHCR and governments around Europe. -
UNHCR concerned about provisions in Slovenia's new asylum law
7 Jan 2008 UNHCR expresses concern about Slovenia's new asylum law and says many of its recommendations to improve the draft were ignored. -
Charity offers roof to needy refugees in Iran
8 Aug 2007 The spirit of charity is strong in Mashad, a holy city in northern Iran. Some 200 Afghan, Iraqi and Iranian families live in Imam Bagher township, where they receive free housing, education and health care, and learn skills to support themselves. -
The many roads home from Iran to Afghanistan
30 May 2007 Amid the deportation of undocumented Afghans from Iran, two other return movements are taking place in parallel - the UNHCR-assisted voluntary repatriation of registered Afghan refugees and the government-organized spontaneous return of undocumented Afghan migrants illegally in Iran. -
UNHCR urges Slovenia to resolve the problem of its "erased cases"
26 Feb 2007 Today is a black one for almost 4,000 people in Slovenia. Exactly 15 years ago, they were deprived of their legal residency status and the benefits that came with it, including facilitated access to nationality, housing, employment, health insurance, pensions and access to higher education. Many of them are stateless and UNHCR is pushing for the problem to be resolved. -
Ruling highlights problems skilled refugees face finding work in Canada
17 Jan 2007 After a 13-year legal battle, former refugee Fatima Siadat earlier this month moved a step closer to winning the right to teach in the Canadian province of Ontario. Her case is being watched closely by others facing difficulty having their qualifications recognised. -
Slovenian authorities turned legal resident into asylum seeker
16 Jan 2007 Alija Berisha is puzzled and angry. After living and working in Slovenia for years, he discovered in 1995 that he was no longer welcome in the country that had once formed part of the Yugoslav federation with his native Kosovo. UNHCR has been pushing for his case, and those of other stateless people, to be resolved.