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Photo essay: From Nigerian to “Croatian” in three years
Thursday 5, February...
UNHCR calls for unimpeded access in eastern Ukraine
Monday 26, January 2015 GENEVA, January 23 (UNHCR) –The UN refugee agency on Friday expressed concern that new Ukrainian government regulations are undermining humanitarian agencies’ ability to help people in need, creating the conditions for a major...
A safe Romanian pit stop on the road to resettlement
Wednesday 14, January 2015 TIMISOARA, Romania, January 13 (UNHCR) – Ahmed, a 24-year-old Somali, sat in a bus and fidgeted anxiously as it took him and a group of fellow refugees from Timisoara’s Emergency Transit Centre (ETC) on a trip outside the...
Human Stories
A family that fled war in Syria hopes for a better future in Poland
Friday 27, December 2013 WARSAW, December 27 (UNHCR) – A young Syrian family is impatiently waiting for the new year to come. In the first weeks of 2014, their new baby will be born and they also expect to receive the decision on their asylum claim. Now that...
Partners in a new life
Thursday 5, December 2013 BUDAPEST, December 5 (UNHCR) – There are few challenges in life as daunting and rewarding as integrating into a new country as a refugee. But the challenges and rewards are not limited to those doing the integrating. Behind many integrated...
Syrians face tough conditions in Bulgaria’s makeshift camps
Friday 15, November 2013 SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 15 (UNHCR) – Civil war in the Middle East is reverberating on the borders of the EU as thousands of Syrians seek refuge in Bulgaria, Europe’s poorest country. The Bulgarian government has housed around half its...