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Bulgarians urged to “see refugees through new eyes” in media campaign
Monday 24, November 2014 SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 24 (UNHCR) – It’s something nearly every Bulgarian can identify with: a lonely young man, far from home, writing a letter to his mother. “I just wish this emptiness would go away; not everyone accepts me,” laments the...
UNHCR announces push to end statelessness worldwide by end-2024
Tuesday 4, November 2014 Geneva, November 4, (UNHCR) – UNHCR is today launching a global “I Belong” campaign aimed at ending within 10 years the problem of statelessness – a devastating legal limbo for the millions of people worldwide who lack any...
Afghan trainee chef has the recipe to make it in Hungary
Tuesday 28, October 2014 BUDAPEST, Hungary, October 27 (UNHCR) – Six years ago, Zia Karimi was a teenager in Pakistan, his life in turmoil after fleeing persecution and violence in Afghanistan. Now he is a trainee chef in a top Budapest hotel with his own...
Human Stories
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...
Strong will helps Congolese refugee build a home away from home
Friday 29, March 2013 BUCHAREST, March 29 (UNHCR) – As Romania prepared for general elections in December, a Congolese refugee seemed more concerned than many voters about the fate of his adoptive country. “I asked my colleagues and friends: what do you think about...