European Qualifications Passport for Refugees to bring new opportunities to the refugee population in Serbia
The European Qualifications Passport for Refugees is a specially developed assessment scheme for refugees, even for those who cannot fully document their qualifications, providing an assessment of the higher education qualifications based on available documentation...
UNHCR calls on states to guarantee refugee children access to secondary education
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an international effort to guarantee secondary education for refugee children and youth, as levels of school and university enrolment remain critically low. The call comes as UNHCR launches its 2021 Education Report,...
THE 1961 STATELESSNESS CONVENTION: 60 YEARS OF PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today, as the international community marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the...
The heaviest toll of Afghanistan’s conflict is on displaced women and children
This year, more than half a million civilians have been displaced within Afghanistan, as the crisis remains overwhelmingly within the country Women and children amount to as much as 80 percent of more than quarter million people who were forced to flee since the end...
THE 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION: 70 YEARS OF LIFE-SAVING PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, a key international treaty. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says that recommitting to its spirit and fundamental principles is more urgent today than ever. “The Convention continues to protect the rights...
UNHCR: World leaders must act to reverse the trend of soaring displacement
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today urging world leaders to step up their efforts to foster peace, stability and cooperation in order to halt and begin reversing nearly a decade-long trend of surging displacement driven by violence and persecution. Despite the...
UNHCR donates 15 dactiloscopy sets to the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
Belgrade, 26 April 2021 – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) donated registration equipment to the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia today. The 15 dactiloscopy sets were handed over by UNHCR Represenative in Serbia Francesca Bonelli to the Minister of Interior...
UNHCR calls for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees
UNHCR calls for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugees On World Health Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for concerted international action and solidarity to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations, including for refugees and other...
Condolences On Loss Of Đorđe Balašević
UNHCR is deeply saddened by the passing away of the Đorđe Balašević, a poet and a songwriter loved by people in all the countries of former Yugoslavia. A strong opponent of the war and violence in the former country, Mr Balašević was the first artist from Serbia who...