News
Escape from terror leads only to Ukrainian war zone for two desperate Iraqis
Monday 5, January 2015 DEBRECEN, Hungary, January 5 (UNHCR) — When Yusuf* and Omar* met in a smuggler’s van on the outskirts of Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, in October, they thought they were finally on the right track to safety in Western Europe. The...
Once a child refugee, young Afghan becomes confident “Hungarian” man
Friday 2, January 2015 BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 31 (UNHCR) – Sipping coffee in a Budapest café, wearing a stylish black jacket, Dariush Rezai looks very much like other confident 20-year-olds in the room. Like many of them, he speaks in fluent Hungarian...
Hungarian border last hurdle on a long journey from war zones
Thursday 18, December 2014 SUBOTICA, Serbia, December 18 (UNHCR) – Asadullah, a 23-year-old Afghan man, wears a broad smile that belies his circumstances. Shivering in an abandoned brick factory, he waits to be smuggled across the nearby border into Hungary,...
Human Stories
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...
1 family: UNHCR launches new social advocacy campaign
Thursday 13, June 2013 BUDAPEST, 13 June 2013 (UNHCR) – A week ahead of World Refugee Day (June 20) the UNHCR has launched a new social advocacy campaign to highlight the impact of war on families. The 1family campaign features refugee stories from around...