News
Time running out to resolve refugee emergency in Europe
Monday 21, September 2015 GENEVA, Sept 18 (UNHCR) – Following yesterday’s mayhem on the Serbian border with Croatia, which has closed some entry points, the UN refugee agency today issued a stark warning that time was running out for Europe to resolve...
UNHCR urges Europe to change course on refugee crisis
Thursday 17, September 2015 UNHCR reiterates its deep conviction that only a united European emergency response can address the present refugee and migration crisis. Individual measures by individual countries will not solve the problem but will make an already...
At Serbian border, flow of refugees continued unabated into Hungary
Wednesday 9, September 2015 RÖSZKE, HUNGARY, Sept 7 (UNHCR) – Train tracks connect the two countries, and a razor wire fence separates them. But the razor wire opens for the tracks, and groups –sometimes even crowds – of refugees simply walk...
Human Stories
A fresh start for some who have been refugees twice over
Refugees evacuated from hot spots in the Middle East reach a safe haven in Romania, where they will prepare for resettlement in Norway.
Exile from Aleppo envisages a democratic rebuilding of his city
A Syrian academic, whose own family home in Aleppo has been destroyed, works on a project envisaging the eventual rebuilding of the ancient city.
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.