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Fleeing to a new land, but finding no home
Friday 7, June 2013 BUDAPEST, 7 June (UNHCR) – It is an ironic fate that few refugees or asylum-seekers ever considered possible. Fleeing oppression in the land of their birth, asylum-seekers journey to Poland, Bulgaria, and Slovakia only to find that achieving...
UNHCR urges local authorities to step up efforts to curb xenophobia in Białystok
Friday 19, April 2013 WARSAW, 19 April 2013 (UNHCR) – UNHCR is deeply concerned over the brutal attack against refugees in Białystok, Poland. On Monday night, 15 April, unidentified perpetrators set fire to a flat occupied by a family of seven. Luckily, no one died,...
A refugee in Poland savours his first legal job, aims for the stars
Friday 5, April 2013 WARSAW, 5 April (UNHCR) – Mehmet is busy serving customers visiting his stand at one of the biggest shopping centers in Warsaw. Glass cases full of kitchenware surround him –a rich assortment of branded goods: glasses, cutlery, kettles. The young...
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