Eradicating statelessness in BiH with the help of free legal aid providers
With the financial support of the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partner Vaša Prava BiH organized a round table on providing free legal aid to stateless persons and people at risk of statelessness today. The meeting was...
UNHCR is continuing its support to the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs
UNHCR and the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs (SFA) continue to successfully cooperate to ensure effective identification of protection needs amongst mixed migration arrivals to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and referring them to relevant BiH authorities and...
Thanks to the EU support, a new van donated to the Red Cross of Una Sana Canton
On 28 October 2021, the UNHCR Representative in BiH, Lucie Gagne, together with the Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton (USC), Mustafa Ruznic handed over a new van to the Red Cross of Una Sana Canton. The vehicle was procured within the project “Enhancing Social...
International Statelessness Conference: Joint Efforts Towards Eradicating Statelessness by 2024 in Montenegro
On 28 October 2021, UNHCR Montenegro, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, Embassy of France and United Nations, organized for the first time ever in Montenegro, the International Conference on Statelessness: Best Practices in Montenegro and France, with...
World refugee day 2021 – The event of inauguration of the refurbished Asylum Center in Vranidoll, Prishtinë/Pristina Municipality
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with partners, today hosted the event of inauguration of the refurbished Asylum Center in Vranidoll, Prishtinë/Pristina Municipality. The event aimed at marking the World Refugee Day together with all partners of UNHCR in...
BiH authorities participated in a study visit to exchange knowledge with Italian asylum authorities
From 26 September until 3 October, a delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina including representatives of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, the Ministry of Security’s Sector for Asylum, and participated in a study visit to Italy. The visit was organized with the...
A round table related to the draft amendments to the Bylaw on asylum
A round table related to the draft amendments to the Bylaw on asylum organized by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Sector for Asylum of the Ministry of Security took place on 20 September at Jahorina. The round table was organized within the IPA II project –...
Community-based project in Bihac: New multifunctional playground for the elementary school “Harmani II”
The pupils of the elementary school “Harmani II” Bihać will soon get a new sports ground where they will be able to participate in sports classes and where children from the local community and refugee and migrant children will be able to spend their free...
Support to education for better integration of refugee and asylum-seeking children
Thanks to the European Union, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, through its partner organization BHWI Foundation distributed IT equipment and school supplies to pupils and youth who are refugees and asylum-seekers in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the first half of...
Training for judges as another step towards eradicating statelessness in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Training for judges on the extrajudicial procedure to determine the time and place of birth was organized today by the Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training of FBiH, UN Refugee Agency – UNHCR and Association “Vasa prava BiH”, with support from the Government...
RHP: 32 families received keys to new apartments in Prijedor
After 29 years of displacement, an 86-year-old Koviljka Ljepoja can finally enjoy a view from her own balcony. She and her 58-year-old son are among the group of 32 families who received the keys of new apartments in the building constructed under the Regional Housing...
High Commissioner’s Op-Ed – 70th Anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention
By Filippo Grandi The 1951 Refugee Convention, the bedrock of international protection for people forced to flee their homes, has saved countless lives. Today, on its 70th anniversary, its critics claim it is the outdated product of another era. But if it is not...