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Needs soar as number of Syrian refugees tops 3 million
Monday 1, September 2014 GENEVA, August 29 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency reports that Syria’s intensifying refugee crisis will today pass a record 3 million people, amid reports of horrifying conditions inside the country. These include cities where...
UNHCR urges Ukraine to establish central registration system as internal displacement tops 117,000
Wednesday 6, August 2014 GENEVA, August 5 (UNHCR) – Amid a worsening situation in eastern Ukraine, the UN refugee agency on Tuesday estimated that more than 117,000 people are now displaced inside Ukraine. “In the past seven days more than 6,200 people...
UNHCR urges Europe to do more to help Syrian refugees
Monday 14, July 2014 GENEVA, 11 July (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday called for European nations to do more to help Syrian refugees who are trying in growing numbers to reach the safety of Europe. A new report, Syrian Refugees in Europe: What Europe can do...
Human Stories
After a narrow escape and a long journey, a refugee family finds safety
Wednesday 20, June 2012 BUDAPEST, June 20 (UNHCR) – It was almost six o’clock in the morning when Mohammad noticed the front lights of a car far away on the countryside road. He was exhausted having walked the whole night from Serbia to Hungary, braving the...
Asylum-seekers treated like criminals in Hungary
Tuesday 24, April 2012 BUDAPEST, April 24 (UNHCR) – When the Somali Bashir* reached the Hungarian border on a foggy October night last year in quest for safety, he did not think he would soon find himself detained in prison-like conditions. Even less did the 27-year...
Concerns over the detention and deportation of asylum-seekers in Hungary
Tuesday 24, April 2012 BUDAPEST, April 24 (UNHCR) – UNHCR is today releasing a position paper on the protection environment for refugees and asylum-seekers in Hungary. While highlighting good practices, the paper also indicates areas of concern where progress...