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From Mogadishu to Budapest: A refugee's journey to EU citizenship
10 Jul 2008 A half Hungarian, half Somali refugee finds a new life and a new family in southern Hungary after a gruelling journey to freedom. -
Swedish teens help educate and empower female refugees in Rwanda
26 Mar 2008 Some US$900,000 raised by Swedish teenagers is giving female refugees in Rwanda the chance to become more independent. -
UNHCR opens new global service centre in Hungary
29 Feb 2008 High Commissioner António Guterres and Hungarian Foreign Minister Kinga Göncz preside over the opening of UNHCR's new Global Service Centre. -
Swedish bikers to raise awareness about refugees during world tour
30 Aug 2007 A student and a stockbroker have set off from Stockholm on a round-the-world motorbike trip during which they plan to raise awareness about the UN refugee agency and UNICEF. -
Roma head for Sweden to escape extreme poverty, alleged discrimination in Hungary
12 Dec 2006 Members of Hungary's Roma community have been seeking asylum in Sweden in unprecedented numbers in recent months, pleading poverty and alleging widespread discrimination in labour and education in the eastern European nation. -
Hungarian refugee crisis presented Ireland with a new challenge
6 Nov 2006 The Hungarian refugee crisis of 1956 provided a new challenge for Ireland, an impoverished country whose own people had been leaving by the hundreds of thousands in search of a brighter future overseas. The country was one of the 37 nations to accept Hungarians for resettlement. -
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Hungarian uprising and refugee crisis
23 Oct 2006 The 1956 uprising, and the extraordinary refugee relief and resettlement operation that it spawned, helped shape the way humanitarian organisations - not least UNHCR - were to deal with refugee crises for decades to come. -
Swedish teenagers raise US$800,000 to help Congolese refugee students
21 Sep 2006 Some 80,000 Swedish teenagers from 250 schools took part in this year's "Operation A Day's Work" campaign. They raised almost US$800,000 towards the education of Congolese refugee children in UNHCR schools at Rwanda's Gihembe camp. -
Young asylum seekers and their teachers face a test in some European nations
12 Sep 2006 Schools around Europe opened their doors to millions of children earlier this month, including one special group of students keen to get back into the classroom but wondering how they will fit in and cope with lessons.