Sweden signs record high USD 400 million funding agreement with UNHCR
The Government of Sweden marked this year’s World Refugee Day the 26th of June with a historic and record high multi-year, core contribution agreement with UNHCR. The agreement, worth SEK 3.5 billion, or approximately USD 400 million, covers the four-year period from 2018 to 2021.
Forced displacement above 68m in 2017, new global deal on refugees critical
Wars, other violence and persecution drove worldwide forced displacement to a new high in 2017 for the fifth year in a row.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Grandi urges fair and coherent approach to European asylum policies
“The solution lies in countries working together. That means working together to provide safety to those who need it – through fair and coherent arrangements in line with the international framework that Europeans helped build.”
Young refugees teach IT skills to seniors in Sweden
As refugees need a place to practice speaking Swedish, and seniors need help managing their new smartphones, it would be a lost opportunity not to bring these two groups together.
“Let’s Meet!”: Sri Lankan cuisine brings refugees and local community together
Refugees and Estonians are bonding over food this year at a series of interactive, ethnic food workshops.
Students help refugee youth access education in Denmark
A group of university students in Copenhagen has established the initiative “Student Refugees” in order to help and guide young refugees to access higher education in Denmark.
Finland’s Refugees of the Year are Sirwa Farik and Ahmad Hosseini
The Finnish Refugee Council has selected Sirwa Farik, a project officer and a resident of Vantaa, as the Refugee Woman of the Year and Ahmad Hosseini, a practical nursing student living in Kaarina, as the Refugee Man of the Year.
Danish emergency funding to UNHCR boosts lifesaving support to Congolese refugees
By late March 2018 tens of thousands have fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo to neighbouring countries, bringing the current number of Congolese refugees in Africa to 740,000.
Statistics on refugees and asylum-seekers in the Northern Europe region
The UNHCR Northern Europe factsheets give an overview of the 2017 data concerning asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons in the region.
Desperate Journeys report provides snapshot of changing refugee movements to Europe
Despite a drastic reduction in the number of refugees and migrants reaching Europe last year, the dangers many face along the way have in some cases increased, according to a new report by the UN Refugee Agency.
New Regional Representative of the UNHCR Northern Europe office
Mr. Nordentoft, a Danish national, brings more than thirty years of experience in refugee, asylum, and migration policy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
UNHCR observations on Swedish law proposal on the granting of residence permits when there are practical impediments to enforce an expulsion order
UNHCR’s observations to the Swedish government’s Inquiry “Uppehållstillstånd på grund av praktiska verkställighetshinder och preskription”, SOU 2017:84. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the Swedish government’s law proposal on the...