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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; UNHCR’s refugee...
UNHCR calls on Hungary to protect, not persecute, refugees
Friday 8, May 2015 UNHCR on Friday spoke out against a growing expression of xenophobia in Hungary. It raised concerns over efforts by the Hungarian government to paint refugees as a threat to the country in leading questions being asked during a so-called national...
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 treated as a foreigner in his...
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Iranian asylum-seeker in Hungary uses sport to heal body and soul
Monday 30, March 2015 VAMOSSZABADI, Hungary, March 30 (UNHCR) – Najib,* a tall, muscular man, sits in the small gym where he exercises, telling a horrifying tale of arbitary punishment against his wife in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Only his passion for...
Generosity of Ukrainians helps displaced face winter cold
Wednesday 18, February 2015 KHARKIV, Ukraine, February 11 (UNHCR) – In a room piled to the ceiling with clothes, a bearded man with a grey ponytail is trying on winter coats. Gennady, an architect and graphic artist in his early fifties, is in desperate need...
Photo essay: From Nigerian to “Croatian” in three years
Thursday 5, February...