“I am not saying good-bye, it is definitely a see you later!”
UNHCR Representative Jean-Yves Bouchardy has completed his mission in the Republic of Belarus. “In the 8 years I spent in Belarus, it has become more than just another country of assignment. I have grown attached to this place, its people and culture. As I look...
My second home is not a place but people
Tatiana (also: Tanya) from Ukraine thought that happiness is to have your own house where your children were born, with a large garden planted with your own hands. Her family had just two years to live in this paradise. “As I suddenly found myself in a foreign...
Happy to be together
Rudi spent two years travelling between Dubai, where he worked, and the Philippines, where his wife Tessie and his little daughter Aishah stayed. All they wanted was to be together. Rudi is a member of the ethnic Kurdish minority. Born in Syria, he lived in the...
My only dream is for children to get education
A family from Afghanistan fought for women’s rights and helped orphaned children to get a profession. Because of the constant threats and danger to life, they had to leave their homeland and start from scratch.
World Refugee Day Is Marked in Belarus
In 2020, the UN General Assembly announced 20 June to be marked annually as World Refugee Day. To draw the attention to the refugee problem and statelessness in Belarus, prominent Belarusians recorded a video address calling on all people to support those who were...
World Refugee Day 2020
On June 18, a press conference was held at the National Press Center of the Republic of Belarus with the participation of the Representation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Belarus, the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the...
Everyone can make a difference. Press conference ahead of World Refugee Day took place in Minsk.
On June 18, a press conference was held at the National Press Center of the Republic of Belarus with the participation of the Representation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Belarus, the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the...
International Conference on Statelessness in the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States
The outcomes of the Conference are summarized in the Final Document and Recommendations.
Belarus’ accession to Convention on Reduction of Statelessness would be important step, says representative of the UN Refugee Agency
In Belarus, there are about 6,000 stateless people.
Four years into its #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness, UNHCR calls for more resolute action by states
In November 2018 the campaign marks its mid-point.
International Statelessness Conference in the CIS region
The Conference is organized in partnership with the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Belarus and Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of the Independent States and to be held in Minsk on December 4-5th, 2018.
Creative arts centre in Belarus builds bridges for refugees
Refugee and local children mingle at a UNHCR-funded project where they can take part in activities from kickboxing to ballet.