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  • Fork Food Market – Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Προσφύγων 2019 // Fork Food Market – World Refugee Day 2019 // 21 June

    Fork Food Market Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Προσφύγων 2019 // Fork Food Market World Refugee Day 2019 // 21 June

    Αυτή την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Προσφύγων το  Fork Food Market ενώνει τη φωνή του με την Ύπατη Αρμοστεία του ΟΗΕ για τους Πρόσφυγες και σας προσκαλεί τη Παρασκευή, 21 Ιουνίου, για καινούργιες εμπειρίες γαστρονομίας στέλλοντας ταυτόχρονα μηνύματα αλληλεγγύης και στήριξης στους πρόσφυγες! Η εκδήλωση θα πραγματοποιηθεί στον Δημοτικό Κήπο της Λευκωσίας, το φαγητό […]
  • This World Refugee Day, Join us and Take a Step #WithRefugees

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Hungarys coerced removal of Afghan families deeply shocking

    Hungarys 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

    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.
  • Disappearance of asylum-seeker and refugee women highlights need to address gaps in effective protection in Cyprus

    Disappearance of asylum-seeker and refugee women highlights need to address gaps in effective protection in Cyprus

    During last week till now, three women from Somalia who have been residing in Cyprus as asylum-seekers and refugees have been reported missing. Their disappearance highlights the need to address a number of gaps in the effective protection of asylum-seekers and refugees in Cyprus. In particular, more efforts need to […]
  • Η κατάσταση των προσφύγων και αιτητών ασύλου στην Κύπρο

    Η κατάσταση των προσφύγων και αιτητών ασύλου στην Κύπρο

    Εκτενής συζήτηση στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου παρουσία φοιτητών του Ιδρύματος, με προσφυγικό υπόβαθρο, οι οποίοι αφηγήθηκαν τις προσωπικές τους εμπειρίες και βιώματα στην Κύπρο Πρύτανης: «Οι πρόσφυγες και οι μετανάστες είναι άνθρωποι που χρειάζονται ευκαιρίες για ένταξη, άνθρωποι που χρειάζονται δίκαιη μεταχείριση και κατανόηση» Η κατάσταση των προσφύγων και αιτητών ασύλου […]
  • UNHCR’s seven key calls to European Parliament candidates

    UNHCRs seven key calls to European Parliament candidates

    Ελληνικά Conflict, violence and persecution are forcing more and more people to flee their homes. Most of them stay in their own country or flee to neighbouring countries, not Europe. Even though fewer people now seek safety in Europe, too many are still tragically dying at sea in search of […]