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Wars in Syria and Iraq drive highest asylum numbers in 22 years
Thursday 26, March 2015 GENEVA, 26 March 2015, UNHCR – The wars in Syria and Iraq, as well as armed conflicts, human rights violations and deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in other countries, pushed the number of asylum applications in...
2015 Entry-Level Humanitarian Professional Program
Tuesday 17, March 2015 We are looking for highly motivated candidates with relevant experience who are ready to start a career as international civil servants. Deadline for applications: April 6, 2015. Read...
Refugees endure worsening conditions as Syria’s conflict enters 5th year
Thursday 12, March 2015 Geneva, 12 March 2015 – As the Syrian conflict enters its fifth year, millions of refugees in neighbouring countries and those displaced within the country are caught in alarmingly deteriorating conditions, facing an even bleaker future without...
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Syrians give back to the country that gave them refuge and hope
Monday 15, December 2014 BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 15 (UNHCR) – Standing in their modest apartment in the Hungarian capital, Syrian refugees Yasser and Abeer proudly display the instruments which they are using to build a future and give thanks to the...
The approach of winter threatens thousands of displaced Ukrainians
Friday 5, December 2014 KHARKIV, Ukraine, December 4 (UNHCR) – Dozens of shivering and anxious men, women and children cluster in front of a special building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. “I heard they are distributing winter...
Housing programme to help Bosnians rebuild two decades after the war
Wednesday 3, December 2014 USTIKOLINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 2 (UNHCR)– In 1992, Zenid Guta was only a teenager when war forced him to flee the remote village of Ustikolina, tucked in the Drina Valley of eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. When Zenid, now...