UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness
GENEVA, 14 February 2019 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Agency, are calling on States and regional organisations to take urgent action to ensure no child is born, or remains, stateless in Europe. While there are no precise figures on the total numbers of stateless children, […]
The Statelessness Index now with data on Cyprus
A stateless person is someone who has no nationality. Statelessness is a legal anomaly that affects over half a million people in Europe – both recent migrants and those who have lived in the same place for generations – denying many their fundamental rights....
“Follow th€ Money II” – Assessing the use of EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) funding at the national level 2014-2018
‘Follow the Money: A report on the use of AMIF funding at the national level 2014-18’ presents a comparative critical analysis of the use of AMIF funding at the national level during 2014-18, drawing on the outcomes of the national and European interim evaluations of the Fund and the perspectives of civil […]
Statement by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh
The events that unfolded in the aftermath of August 2017 showed us the best and worst of humankind that exist in our world today. In a matter of months, over 700,000 people were forced from their homes in Rakhine State into Bangladesh. A year and a half later, there are […]
Resettlement a final hope for quadriplegic Syrian siblings
Seeking solutions for the most vulnerable, resettlement would offer refugees Wafika and Taha level of care not available to them in Egypt while freeing up resources for others in need.
Six people died each day attempting to cross Mediterranean in 2018, UNHCR report shows
Ελληνικά Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, as cuts in search and rescue operations reinforced its position as the world’s deadliest sea crossing. The latest ‘Desperate Journeys’ report, released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, […]






