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UNHCR alarmed at refugee death on Hungary-Serbia border
Monday 6, June 2016 Budapest, June 4, 2016 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency is alarmed at reports of the death of a Syrian refugee at the Hungary–Serbia border this week. UNHCR is seeking further details after being alerted about the death by the Hungarian Border...
Home at last for young refugees in Hungarian orphanage
Monday 22, February 2016 FÓT, Hungary, Feb 22 (UNHCR) – With its government calling for a “defensive line” against refugees, Hungary may seem heartless. But Haseebullah Sarwari-Said from Afghanistan and Hassan Shabna from Western Sahara have had a...
Statement in Advance of V4 Summit
Thursday 11, February 2016 Budapest, 11 February 2016 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency is urging leaders in Central Europe to show greater solidarity with desperate refugees who seek sanctuary in the continent as war, conflict and extremism force millions out of their...
Human Stories
Grassroots district group weaves refugees into local community
“Local, low-key, grassroots” – these are the watchwords of a Hungarian community foundation that seeks to include all foreigners, including refugees, in its activities
Prague students play out an ordeal that is real for refugees
A simulated drama helps school students to understand how bewildering the asylum process can be for refugees.
Stateless African finds his way through legal maze in Slovakia
Ben Salam from Ivory Coast was stateless from birth but he only understood the full extent of his problem when he reached Europe. Slovakia finally helped him to solve it.