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Address root causes of conflicts – UNHCR
Wednesday 14, September 2016 Bled Strategic Forum: UNHCR calls for a global approach to address root causes of conflicts BLED, Slovenia – The UN Refugee Agency’s Regional Representative for Central Europe, Montserrat Feixas Vihé, has called for a...
Architect helps Syrian trio build new lives in Sweden
Monday 5, September 2016 MALMÖ, Sweden – Architect Lars Asklund, who is affectionetly known as Jim, was deeply moved by the images on television of thousands of people arriving in Sweden in 2015. He wanted to help, but did not know how. First, he went to the migration...
Agreement on border monitoring ensures that refugees have access to Romanian territory
Friday 25, July 2008 Bucharest, July 25 (UNHCR) – Romania, the Romanian government and the National Council for Refugees signed a Tripartite Memorandum that will facilitate cooperation at Romania’s external EU border to make sure that asylum seekers have...
Human Stories
Chechen child moves Polish judges at poetry competition
In six years, Zuhra has learnt to speak Polish so well that she could recite a classic poem in a city-wide contest.
Afghan refugees among flocks of happy kids on first day at school in Romania
Bashir Khan from Afghanistan is glad to see his children getting a better education than he did thanks to their enrollment in a school in Bucharest.
Croatian students can virtually walk in the shoes of refugees
UNHCR supplies virtual reality goggles to give Croatian teenagers a 3D experience of life in a refugee camp.