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World Refugee Day in Central Europe
Tuesday 24, June...
Global forced displacement tops 50 million for first time in post-World War II era
Friday 20, June 2014 GENEVA, June 20 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency reported today on World Refugee Day that the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has, for the first time in the post-World War II era, exceeded 50 million...
Together again in Slovenia
Tuesday 27, May 2014 LJUBLJANA, May 22 (UNHCR) – Being separated from loved ones is an excruciating part of being a refugee. But a special partnership in Slovenia is bringing together families in emotional reunions that are, for the people involved, the next...
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 insurance...
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 ward...
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...