News
Bureaucracy threatens the dream of enterprising refugees in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria, January 8 (UNHCR) – Located beside a busy farmers market in the Krasno Selo quarter of Sofia, the “Persia” beauty salon is a cozy and inviting place where customers can be primped, pampered and groomed with Middle Eastern hospitality....
UNHCR report shows world’s poorest countries host most refugees
Wednesday 7, January 2015 GENEVA, January 7 (UNHCR) – Wars in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere caused 5.5 million people to become refugees or internally displaced in the first half of 2014, says a UNHCR report released today. Global displacement now stands at an...
Displaced families in Ukraine rely on the kindness of strangers
MARIUPOL, Ukraine, January 5 (UNHCR) – Vladimir, 41, casts an eye around the tiny room his family now calls home. Everything he sees – clothes, three beds, dishes, pots and pans, and a television set that entertains his young son – is a donation from fellow...
Human Stories
Safety for a family that fled war in Sudan only to end up in Syria
Monday 26, August 2013 TIMISOARA, Romania, 26 August (UNHCR) – After escaping war in Sudan only to get caught up in the Syrian conflict, Mohamed* exudes relief and celebration as he pushes his two children on swings in the playground of their refuge in Romania....
A million refugee children mark shameful milestone in Syria crisis
Friday 23, August 2013 GENEVA/NEW YORK, 23 August 2013 (UNHCR-UNICEF) – With Syria’s war well into its third year, the number of Syrian children forced to flee their homeland as refugees has now reached one million. “This one millionth child refugee is not just...
The Timisoara ETC: a gateway to freedom and a new life
Wednesday 14, August 2013 TIMISOARA, Romania, 14 August (UNHCR) – Mohamed, a 28-year-old Sudanese man, came to Timisoara’s Emergency Transit Centre (ETC) in March after spending almost two years in Salloum, a harsh desert camp located along the Egyptian-Libyan...