UNHCR presents roadmap for an EU that better protects refugees
Ελληνικά BRUSSELS – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging Sweden and Spain to use their 2023 European Union (EU) Presidencies to set a course for an EU that truly protects forcibly displaced people. In a paper released today, UNHCR outlined simple but...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls to reverse ban of women humanitarian workers in Afghanistan
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, joins the heads of other humanitarian organizations in calling on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse its directive that restricts women from working with non-governmental organizations. “Preventing...
Meet Manuela Borni, a humanitarian who works with refugee and asylum-seeking women
On the occasion of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), we spoke to our colleague Manuela Borni, who works with refugee and asylum-seeking women as a Psychosocial Support Officer at the Cyprus Refugee Council (CyRC). She shed light on the multiple...
UNHCR calls for more efforts in addressing sexual and gender-based violence among asylum-seekers and refugees in Cyprus
Ελληνικά On the occasion of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the UNHCR Cyprus calls for strengthened efforts in preventing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) among the refugee community and improving responses for survivors. “Despite increased...
UNHCR warns rising tide of hunger, insecurity, and underfunding worsening gender-based violence risks
Ελληνικά Worsening socio-economic conditions, new and ongoing conflicts and humanitarian funding shortfalls are increasing the risk of gender-based violence for forcibly displaced women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “A toxic mix of crises...
UNHCR’s Grandi calls on EU to put safety and solidarity at the heart of the response in the Mediterranean
Statement attributed to UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi