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Statement by Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR’s Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Refugee Crisis in Europe
Wednesday 9, September 2015 We have met the authorities here in Budapest and have offered UNHCR’s assistance to deal with the increasing number of refugees and migrants arriving in Hungary. We have repeated our call for simplifying and streamlining registration,...
Statement by UNHCR Chief, António Guterres on refugee crisis in Europe
Friday 4, September 2015 The European Union is preparing key emergency meetings to take decisions in its response to the present refugee and migration crisis. The situation requires a massive common effort that is not possible with the current fragmented approach....
Bodies found dead in a truck near border, while asylum seekers flow into Hungary
Friday 28, August 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 28 August 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. We are deeply shocked and saddened at...
Human Stories
UNHCR billboards encourage Hungarians to get to know real refugees
Wednesday 10, June 2015 Beginning next week, UNHCR will encourage Budapest residents to learn more about extraordinary refugees who found a home in Hungary and contribute to this country. Commuters can “meet” refugees along two Budapest subway lines;...
Ukrainians: rejected at home but Poland says they are not refugees
Thursday 30, April 2015 BIAŁA PODLASKA, Poland, April 28 (UNHCR) – Siarhiy’s back and legs hurt so much he has to cling to his heavy wooden crutches for relief even when sitting. But the pain you can’t see is worse – the trauma of being...
Bangladeshi family cooks up success in Hungary – in any language
Monday 13, April 2015 BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 10, 2015 (UNHCR) – Family conversation in the miniscule kitchen above the Bangladeshi restaurant in downtown Budapest sounds more like a UN debate than an exchange among close relatives. “A client...