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Poles send over twenty tons of aid to Syrian refugees in Bulgaria
Thursday 16, January 2014 A month ago, Michał Borkiewicz was mainly known as the owner of two trendy clubs in Warsaw. Today, he is also known as the man who can mobilize thousands of people of goodwill to deliver over twenty tons of humanitarian aid for refugees in...
UNHCR calls for temporary halt to Dublin transfers of asylum-seekers back to Bulgaria
Friday 3, January 2014 GENEVA, January 3 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency today issued a position paper urging States participating in the Dublin Regulation to temporarily suspend transfers of asylum-seekers back to Bulgaria. The agency concluded that asylum-seekers in...
A family that fled war in Syria hopes for a better future in Poland
Friday 27, December 2013 WARSAW, December 27 (UNHCR) – A young Syrian family is impatiently waiting for the new year to come. In the first weeks of 2014, their new baby will be born and they also expect to receive the decision on their asylum claim. Now that...
Human Stories
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...
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....