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UNHCR chief urges Europe to help Bulgaria cope with Syrian refugee influx
Friday 22, November 2013 SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 22 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres pledged on Friday to help Bulgaria cope with an influx of Syrian refugees and called on other European Union countries to help shoulder more of...
Syrians face tough conditions in Bulgaria’s makeshift camps
Friday 15, November 2013 SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 15 (UNHCR) – Civil war in the Middle East is reverberating on the borders of the EU as thousands of Syrians seek refuge in Bulgaria, Europe’s poorest country. The Bulgarian government has housed around half its...
Friendship games
Wednesday 13, November 2013 HUMENNE, Slovakia, November 13 (UNHCR) – When refugees arrive in a new home, they sometimes share little in common with their neighbors. But last October, ten Somali boys residing in the UNHCR co-sponsored Emergency Transit Centre (ETC) in...
Human Stories
For Chechens, Poland is not west enough
Monday 5, December 2005 WARSAW, December 5 (UNHCR) – Shema drags her teenage daughter down the stairs together with the wheelchair. They live on the second floor of a reception centre for asylum seekers in Poland. There is no lift, so the tiny, grey-haired lady in her...
Abused woman granted refugee status in Hungary
Tuesday 1, November 2005 BUDAPEST, November 1 (UNHCR) – Tormented, ostracized, shamed and illiterate Azita may be – but her will is unbroken. This is how she made it to Hungary, where she was granted asylum based on the domestic violence and social...
Hungary sees need for better integration as more refugees stay
Thursday 28, July 2005 BUDAPEST, July 28 (UNHCR) – “I know that I came by my own decision. Hungary did not invite me to come. So I cannot ask for too much, but a little kick would help our integration a lot,” says Arkan Al-Hassani*, an Iraqi refugee...