The UN refugee agency UNHCR and the Finnish Refugee Council: Government’s proposal does not address the obstacles to family reunification
The opinion piece was first published on 15 November 2022 by Aamulehti. We in Finland and in Europe have followed with shock how the heartbreaking war in Ukraine has torn apart homes and families. Even before the war in Ukraine, there were more than 89 million...
UNHCR publishes mapping of Complementary Education Pathways in the Nordic and Baltic countries
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has published the report, “Mapping of Complementary Education Pathways in the Nordic and Baltic Countries”. With this report, UNHCR aims to raise awareness of – and initiate dialogue on – education pathways for refugees living in third...
UNHCR and partners put new perspectives on integration in Sweden
UNHCR, Save the Children and the Swedish Red Cross co-organized a seminar on integration as a durable solution, bringing together actors, who work with integration and inclusion in various ways, to discuss the prerequisites for successful and sustainable integration.
UNHCR recommendations to Denmark on strengthening refugee protection
UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries has developed a paper that sets out UNHCR’s views and recommendations to further strengthen refugee protection in Denmark, as well as guide Denmark’s engagement in European and international fora where issues...
UNHCR’s Grandi urges world leaders not to forget displaced people at COP27
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging global leaders to curb the most devastating humanitarian consequences of the climate crisis and avert a catastrophic future for millions of displaced people. “COP27 must equip countries and communities on the...
UNHCR’s Grandi urges action to resolve plight of stateless ‘living in the shadows’
Stronger efforts are needed to resolve the plight of those who lack a nationality, urged UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, today on the 8th anniversary of UNHCR’s global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness. Affecting at least 4.3 million people,...
Temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine in the Nordic countries – From emergency reception to longer-term sustainable response
UNHCR and the Nordic Council of Ministers co-organize a seminar in English on the 8 December at World Trade Center Stockholm or online.
UNHCR welcomes European commitments at regional statelessness consultation
MADRID – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, hosted a two-day regional consultation in Madrid on the identification of stateless people and statelessness determination procedures on 20 and 21 October. The consultations brought together 31 European countries to help work...
UNHCR’s unprecedented US$700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions
Geneva – Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. Without an injection of at least US$700 million...
UNHCR and SOAS launch statelessness exhibition in Sweden
UNHCR and SOAS are jointly launching the photo exhibition We Belong: Global Faces of Statelessness on 24 October at Folkuniversitetet in Stockholm.
Providing water, food and shelter for people displaced on the Horn of Africa
Finland’s unearmarked funding allows UNHCR to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia.
UNHCR celebrates DAFI’s 30 years of refugee scholarship support, calling for more investment in education
For the last 30 years, the German-backed DAFI scholarship programme has helped transform the lives and prospects of numerous young displaced people, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today as it urged more investment in access to higher education for refugees to help...