News
From Ironman to doctor – Romanian hospitality may make it possible
BAIA MARE, Romania, October 13, (UNHCR). After three years in Romania, a young Iranian refugee has found his adopted country to be a welcoming place – once that may even allow him to accomplish his dream of becoming a doctor. Kamal Saadik’s day starts at 5 a.m. with a...
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 as well...
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 Future (Butterflies),...
Human Stories
Romania’s “Oprah Winfrey” uses TV to shine a spotlight on refugees
Wednesday 6, February 2013 BUCHAREST, Romania, February 6 (UNHCR) – In the bustling television studio moments before a live talk show about stress in Romanian society, host Mbela Nzuzi exudes her usual air of professionalism and warmth, and shows not a trace of...
Pizzeria job offers Somali refugee a lifeline to self-reliance
Monday 17, December 2012 MARIBOR, 17 December (UNHCR) – Abubakar skillfully stretches the rounded dough while glancing at the Pepperoni pizza in the beehive oven behind him to check whether the cheese is melting yet. Then, he carefully spreads the fresh tomato sauce...
Learning through giving: student helps asylum-seekers learn Hungarian
Monday 6, August 2012 DEBRECEN, 6 August 2012 (UNHCR) – Twenty-one-year-old Patrícia Vanyó vividly remembers the words of the social worker on her first day in the Debrecen Reception Centre for Asylum-Seekers. “Watch out,” she was told because “once you enter...