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UNHCR says internal displacement affects some 10,000 people in Ukraine
Tuesday 20, May 2014 GENEVA, May 19 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said the tension in Ukraine had displaced an estimated 10,000 civilians and added that the number of people affected was continuing to rise. “A needs assessment has recently been...
Bulgaria: UNHCR says asylum conditions improved, warns against transfer of vulnerable people
Tuesday 15, April 2014 The UN refugee agency issued its Observations on the Current Situation of Asylum in Bulgaria, noting the numerous improvements that have been made to reception conditions and identifying serious gaps that remained in the national asylum system....
UNHCR report shows leap in asylum applications for industrialized countries
Friday 21, March 2014 GENEVA, March 21 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday issued a report saying there was a sharp rise in asylum claims in 44 industrialized countries over the course of last year, driven primarily by the crisis in Syria. UNHCR’s “Asylum Trends...
Human Stories
Integration Systems in Central Europe at Breaking Point
Wednesday 24, June 2009 Budapest, 24 June 2009 – “I am not lazy, I work 14 hours a day, but I cannot pay the rent,” says Louis*, a 46 year old Iraqi, encircling his little food shop with a desperate gesture. He says he tried and failed to start a new...
A Big Welcome From a Tiny Village
Monday 22, June 2009 Prague, Oseček 22 June 2009 – Despite of the rainy weather, everyone seemed happy in Oseček, a tiny village in Eastern Bohemia last Friday. Running around the house, four Burmese kids tried to figure out where their intended bedrooms are....
Refugees Evacuated from Desert Camp To the Safe Haven in Romania
Wednesday 28, January 2009 28 January 2009 – The lives of 138 refugees from Iraq have improved enormously since their evacuation and temporary placement in the Evacuation Transit Centre (ETC) in Timisoara, Romania. Prior to their relocation to the new facility...