News
Asylum claims from Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones rise in first half 2014
Friday 26, September 2014 GENEVA, September 26 (UNHCR) –A UNHCR report released on Friday shows that the number of people seeking refugee status in industrialized countries continued to climb in the first half of 2014, driven by the wars in Syria and Iraq...
Colombian Women’s Rights Network to Receive World’s Top Refugee Award
Friday 12, September 2014 UNHCR announces 2014 Nansen Refugee Award The 2014 winner of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award is the Colombian women’s rights group, Red Mariposas de Alas Nuevas Construyendo Futuro – or Butterflies with New Wings Building a...
Number of displaced Ukrainians above half million
Wednesday 3, September 2014 GENEVA, September 2 (UNHCR) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine, in particular around Donetsk, Luhansk and neighbouring towns, is driving more people from their homes and increasing the need for humanitarian aid. The conflict has...
Human Stories
Navigating the unknown – life as a stateless person in Budapest
Thursday 25, August 2011 BUDAPEST, August 25 (UNHCR) – “Where did you get this from?” is the usual response Mariana receives when she shows her humanitarian residence permit and grey-covered travel document for stateless people in the health...
Hungarian Odyssey for Sick Bosnians Ends after 17 Years
Tuesday 20, October 2009 Debrecen – Modriča (20 October) – 19 psychiatric patients who were evacuated from their hospital during the war in 1992, saw the long-awaited end of their Hungarian exile. Last week they were taken back to their former mental...
Slovak Offer Enables Palestinians to Leave Desert Camp in Iraq
Monday 20, July 2009 Bratislava, 20 July 2009 – A cooperation agreement signed on Monday between UNHCR, the Slovak Government and the (International Organisation for Migration) provides the first signal of hope to Palestinian refugees who have been trapped in...