19 Mar 2020
“With the world mobilizing to combat the spread of COVID-19, many countries are rightly adopting exceptional measures, limiting air travel and cross-border movements. And for many people around the world, everyday life has come to a standstill, or is being transformed in ways that we had never envisaged. But wars […]
13 Mar 2020
WHO Director-General declared a COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. So far almost 125,000 cases from 118 countries and territories have been reported to WHO. So far, 125,000 cases from 118 countries and territories have been reported to WHO. The number of cases reported outside China has increased almost […]
11 Mar 2020
The world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis must encompass and focus on all, including those forced to flee their homes. The elderly among the world’s forcibly displaced population are particularly vulnerable, warned today UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launching its initial COVID-19 appeal. UNHCR is urgently seeking an initial US$33 […]
5 Feb 2020
Out of 1.4 million refugees estimated to be in urgent need of resettlement worldwide, only 63,696 were resettled through UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, last year. While the number of refugees resettled in 2019 increased modestly by 14 per cent when compared to the previous year, in which 55,680 people […]
31 Dec 2019
While 3000 participants meet in Geneva for the first Global Refugee Forum to pledge measure to enhance the local integration of refugees, here in Serbia, we can already enjoy some of its results, disguised as the most delicious pizza. Recently a business staffed entirely by refugees, asylum-seekers and displaced people […]
18 Dec 2019
With the New York Declaration of September 2016, Member States of the United Nations committed to developing two distinct global compacts: the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. One year after 181 states signed the Global Compact on Refugees, they gathered at […]
16 Dec 2019
A three-day global gathering aimed at transforming the way the world responds to refugee situations starts today in Geneva, Switzerland. The first-ever Global Refugee Forum brings together refugees, heads of state and government, UN leaders, international institutions, development organizations, business leaders and civil society representatives, among others, at the Palais […]
10 Dec 2019
On Human Rights Day this year, we focus on youth faced with challenges in many parts of the world, including in Serbia. Youth unemployment, poverty risk, and mental health concerns are just some of the problems that Serbian youth face. Even though the overall unemployment rate has been decreasing recently, […]
3 Dec 2019
“I liked the idea from the moment they told us the issues we would learn about,” says Mustafa *one of eight young men, all asylum seekers in various municipalities of Serbia, who now hold certificates as peer trainers on a range of complex yet pertinent topics. “Back home I never […]
14 Oct 2019
European States must step up their efforts to protect child refugees and migrants who have endured not only difficult and dangerous journeys but continue to face risks and hardship once in Europe, including unsafe accommodation, being incorrectly registered as adults, and a lack of appropriate care, UNHCR, the UN Refugee […]