This World Refugee Day, Join us and Take a Step #WithRefugees
The UNHCR Office in Cyprus has teamed up with diverse partners this year to mark World Refugee Day with a number of dedicated events. Join us!
Employment mentorship workshops for refugees offered by the European University of Cyprus
“Getting ready for the job-market and job opportunities” was the title of a workshop for refugees and asylum-seekers, organized by the European University of Cyprus on Thursday 16 May at Agora of Pallouriotissa in Nicosia. Attended by a group of unemployed asylum-seekers and refugees in Cyprus, the workshop took place […]
IDAHOT: UNHCR launching consultations on LGBTI refugees’ rights
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched this week a series of consultations to identify ways of ensuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees are better protected against harm, and are able to seek justice and support when they experience violence and discrimination. Echoing the theme chosen […]
New exhibition in Venice explores the experience of refugees
Rothko in Lampedusa showcases work by artists such as Ai Weiwei and those of five emerging artists from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast and Somalia who are refugees.
Hungary’s coerced removal of Afghan families deeply shocking
Hungary’s actions overnight to force two asylum-seeking Afghan families to leave the country under duress is deeply shocking and a flagrant violation of international and EU law, the UN Refugee Agency said today. The two families, four adults and seven children, who had been detained since January in a transit […]
UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees in Ramadan
At the start of the holy month, Filippo Grandi asks us to remember almost 70 million people forcibly uprooted from their homes.