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UNHCR calls for help for refugees facing European winter freeze
The UN Refugee Agency urges governments to do more to help and protect refugees and migrants battling freezing temperatures in Europe.
Hungarian volunteers offer warm welcome for refugees
By: Helen Womack in Budapest, Hungary “Beans and pasta today,” said Andras Rakos, a graduate of the college, which trains social workers like himself as well as Methodist ministers. He is now a social worker at the college. “We do try to have a menu and vary it, but...
UNHCR is concerned by remarks on refugees in the Czech Republic and calls for tolerance and protection for those in need
Tuesday 20, October 2015 BUDAPEST, October 20, 2015 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency is very concerned at the recent remarks referring to refugees and migrants attributed to the highest institutional representatives in the Czech Republic. UNHCR calls on...
Human Stories
Roma woman wants grandchild born into world of opportunity
At the age of 44 stateless Bosanka is eager to receive her first official papers so that she can visit her daughter, who will give birth in Italy.
Pioneering Polish NGO helps refugees rent in difficult market
A Tajik family in Warsaw says thanks for a flat they could not have afforded to rent on the open market
Afghan refugee student wins scholarship from Romanian university
Fareshta has received a grant that will relieve financial pressure and boost her chances of success on an IT course at university in Timișoara