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Desperate refugees and migrants in Serbia face freezing temperatures
25 Jan 2017 Serbian authorities, together with UNHCR and partners, step up efforts to extend capacity in emergency shelters for hundreds sleeping rough. -
UNHCR calls for help for refugees facing European winter freeze
13 Jan 2017 The UN Refugee Agency urges governments to do more to help and protect refugees and migrants battling freezing temperatures in Europe. -
Hundreds suffer at Hungary-Serbia border
21 Jul 2016 Hundreds of people who fled persecution at home are now living in dire conditions at a makeshift camp near Röszke on the Hungary-Serbia border. -
UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror
17 Nov 2015 Guterres urges European Governments not to make any unilateral moves in the aftermath of recent attacks, but to find a united response -
Refugees face long cold and wet night at crowded Balkan border crossings
21 Oct 2015 Amr and his family huddle under a makeshift shelter, partially lit by a nearby fire, on a small hill near the Serbian-Croatian border. -
Loss of hope and deepening poverty driving Syrians to seek refuge in Europe
25 Sep 2015 UNHCR identifies seven factors behind most recent movement of Syrian refugees to Europe -
At Serbian border, flow of refugees continued unabated into Hungary
8 Sep 2015 With thousands of refugees and migrants arriving each day, the Hungarian authorities are being overwhelmed by the numbers. -
Free legal aid helps Kosovo communities
14 May 2013 Without proof of birth, children cannot gain the legal identity they need to access even basic social services like education. -
Donors pledge more than 300 million euros to help refugees in Balkans
25 Apr 2012 A new programme will provide homes for some 74,000 people displaced in the Balkans during the conflict of the 1990s. The EU pledged 230 million euros.