Refugees evacuated from hot spots in the Middle East reach a safe haven in Romania, where they will prepare for resettlement in Norway.
read more
-
Slam poet speaks for refugees at music festival in Hungary
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud, who is a world champion slam poet, performed at the huge Sziget music festival held on an island in the Danube River.
Read more Read in Hungarian -
Grassroots district group weaves refugees into local community
“Local, low-key, grassroots” – these are the watchwords of a Hungarian community foundation that seeks to include all foreigners, including refugees, in its activities
Read more Read in Hungarian -
Prague students play out an ordeal that is real for refugees
A simulated drama helps school students to understand how bewildering the asylum process can be for refugees.
Read more Read in Czech -
Stateless African finds his way through legal maze in Slovakia
Ben Salam from Ivory Coast was stateless from birth but he only understood the full extent of his problem when he reached Europe. Slovakia finally helped him to solve it.
Read more Read in Slovakian -
Cubes give new dimension to refugee stories in Croatia
Refugees see themselves multiplied by four in an imaginative open-air photo exhibition in the heart of Zagreb
Read more Read in Croatian
Statelessness robs man of normal life in Croatia
Boro Topolic lived a perfectly normal life for decades, only to wake up one day and discover he had become stateless.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is campaigning to end statelessness, which affects millions of people worldwide, denying them basic human rights that citizens take for granted.
Read Boro's story here.
You can help end statelessness by supporting UNHCR's #IBELONG campaign!
Stories
Statelessness robs two men of normal lives in Croatia
Two citizens of former Yugoslavia found themselves stateless in Croatia after a series of bureaucratic mishaps.
read more
Fashion stardom beckons for Somali refugee in Hungary
A new documentary tracks Kafia Mahdi’s path from child refugee to in-demand model.
read more
Polish city gives Syrian poet peace and space to speak out
Poet Kholoud Charaf is using a two-year residency in Kraków to highlight the suffering of those forced to flee the conflict in her homeland.
read more
Under pressure, university closes its doors to refugee students
With the suspension of the Central European University’s Open Learning Initiative, refugees have lost a unique opportunity to continue their studies and contribute to the region.
read more
Polish and Chechen children mingle in cheerful village school
It is the first day of the school year and head teacher Barbara Protasiewicz is welcoming the children. She is not expecting flowers but, to her surprise, three Chechen girls hand her roses.
read more