UNHCR: Standing with Refugees
Today, as we mark World Refugee Day, we are concerned that the number of forcibly displaced persons around the globe has risen to an unprecedented 65.6 million. The number of refugees amongst them has grown by a shocking 1.2 million to 22.5 million. “On World Refugee...
War, violence, persecution push displacement to new unprecedented high
War, violence and persecution worldwide are causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced, according to a report published today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR’s new Global Trends report, the organization’s major annual survey of the state of...
News comment by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Mediterranean crossings over the weekend
“Since Friday, we‘ve seen over 6,000 people crossing the Mediterranean to reach Italy – bringing the total this year to over 43,000. These massive arrivals and the fact that more than 1,150 people have either disappeared or lost their lives while trying to reach...
UNHCR urges suspension of transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary under Dublin
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today called for a temporary suspension of all transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary from other European States under the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin regulation is an EU instrument that determines which European State is responsible...
Stronger cooperation crucial to ensure sustainable refugee response in Greece – UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today that joint efforts and strengthened cooperation are crucial to improving the situation for asylum-seekers and refugees in Greece and issued eight recommendations* to help ensure a sustainable refugee response in the country....
UNHCR News Comment from Vincent Cochetel, Director of UNHCRs Europe bureau
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is deeply alarmed at reports of at least two shipwrecks off the Libyan coasts on Thursday. According to NGO sources, five floating corpses of young men have been recovered some 14 miles off the Libyan coast near two empty and partially...
As War Enters 7th Year, UNHCR Warns Syria is ‘at a Crossroads’
While there are Some Hopes for Peace, the Needs and Suffering of Millions of Syrians Continue Unabated; Syrian War is a ‘Collective Failure’ As the world prepares to mark yet another tragic milestone in the brutal Syrian conflict, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges...
International Women’s Day in Serbia
Women still face double burden – at work and at home On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the event entitled “Women at work: double burden” shed new light on the inequalities women are faced with in their everyday life, especially in the field of labor...
UNHCR deeply concerned by Hungary plans to detain all asylum seekers
UNHCR is deeply concerned at a new law which has been voted this morning at the Hungarian Parliament and which foresees the mandatory detention of all asylum seekers, including many children, for the entire length of the asylum procedure. In practice, it means that...