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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...
Human Stories
Iraqi family lauds Bulgarian procedure of family reunification
Thursday 13, June 2013 BUDAPEST, 13 June (UNHCR) – For Mohamed Hussein Ali, Bulgaria became his safe haven when he was compelled to flee Iraq almost three years ago. A year after his arrival, he welcomed his wife and two children to Sofia and the family started...
Fleeing to a new land, but finding no home
Friday 7, June 2013 BUDAPEST, 7 June (UNHCR) – It is an ironic fate that few refugees or asylum-seekers ever considered possible. Fleeing oppression in the land of their birth, asylum-seekers journey to Poland, Bulgaria, and Slovakia only to find that achieving...
A refugee in Poland savours his first legal job, aims for the stars
Friday 5, April 2013 WARSAW, 5 April (UNHCR) – Mehmet is busy serving customers visiting his stand at one of the biggest shopping centers in Warsaw. Glass cases full of kitchenware surround him –a rich assortment of branded goods: glasses, cutlery, kettles. The young...