Enhancing social workers’ skills for refugee integration in Armenia
The event brought together total 55 USS staff, including from all 49 territorial centres of the USS and the Department of Social Work and Social Services of the USS. It was series of two training conducted on 2 August and 9 August covering all staff of 49 territorial...
Armenia National Para Games kick off in Yerevan: Celebrating inclusivity and unity through sport
Today, the opening ceremony of the 20th Para Sports Festival of Armenia took place at Yerevan State Sports College of Olympic Reserves, as tribute to inclusiveness, unity among and resilience by refugee and non-refugee para athletes, as well as their host communities....
20th Para Sports Festival in Armenia | 23-24 July 2024
The 20th Para Sports Festival, organized by UNHCR and the National Paralympic Committee of Armenia, will take place on 23 and 24 July 2024, at the Yerevan State Sports College of Olympic Reserve. Organized with the support of the Government of Armenia, the Embassy...
Call for applications: 20th Paralympic Festival in Armenia
In the course of the 2024 Festival, the participants will compete in the following seven sports: wheelchair basketball, para table tennis, para powerlifting, boccia, para swimming, chess, para-athletics. The Para Sports Festival 2024 is specific in that encourages the...
French delegation visits refugees in Tavush province
The delegation visited the Women’s Support Center and the “For Equality” human rights NGO in Ijevan. There, they had an insightful meeting with a group of refugee women, men, and older people. During discussions with the host community — Ms. Manush...
Winners of SUITCASE 2023 Journalism Awards announced
As has been the tradition, this year’s award ceremony was organized with the joint efforts of the Migration and Citizenship Service (MCS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, UNHCR – the UN Refugee Agency, People in Need, the United Nations...
Announcement. “SUITCASE 2023” annual journalism award
This year, materials published during the period of 28 November 2022 to 4 December 2023 can be submitted for the contest. Eligible materials include: Printed / online articles in the press / blogs / news websites. Online journalistic videos Online radio stories,...
UNHCR reports progress on tackling statelessness
In 2023, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Moldova introduced legislative safeguards to help prevent statelessness at birth. Portugal approved a legal framework regulating statelessness status, including the establishment of a statelessness determination...
UNHCR Regional Director for Europe concludes visit to Armenia
This week, UNHCR’s Regional Director for Europe, Philippe Leclerc, concluded a four-day visit to Armenia, following the arrival of more than 100,000 refugees, half of them children and older people. He witnessed first-hand the humanitarian situation on the ground and...