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UN Agencies welcome relocation of vulnerable asylum-seekers to Norway

UN Agencies welcome relocation of vulnerable asylum-seekers to Norway

3 March 2021, OSLO: The International Organization for Migration (IOM), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, jointly welcome the relocation of 35 vulnerable asylum-seekers from Greece to Norway today. This is the first relocation to Norway...

UNHCR: Relocations from Greece are more urgent than ever

UNHCR: Relocations from Greece are more urgent than ever

UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries welcomes Norway’s offer to swiftly start relocation of unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable asylum-seekers from the Greek islands. The situation on the islands has long been desperate and dire with overcrowding, inadequate health and hygienic conditions, as well as the threat from […]