UNHCR and partners call for urgent support for refugees from Ukraine and their hosts
In response to the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and humanitarian partners are appealing for increased financial support to help refugees and the neighbouring countries generously hosting them. Launching an updated Regional Refugee...
Statement on the situation in Ukraine attributed to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
We are gravely concerned about the fast-deteriorating situation and ongoing military action in Ukraine. The humanitarian consequences on civilian populations will be devastating. There are no winners in war but countless lives will be torn apart. We have...
UNHCR Deputy Director for Europe Angela Li Rosi visited Belarus, discussed solutions for refugees and migrants stranded at the border
On 22-26 November Ms. Angela Li Rosi, Deputy Director of the Europe Bureau of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) paid an official working visit to Belarus to discuss solutions for asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants stranded at the...
IOM, UNHCR provide emergency aid to asylum-seekers and migrants at the Belarus-Poland border, call to ensure well-being of people and prevent loss of life
Bruzgi – On 11 November, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Belarus were granted access to a makeshift camp on the Belarusian side of the border near the international crossing point “Bruzgi” where a group of...
“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.