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A year of the conflict in Ukraine – Montenegro continues to stand with the people forced to flee by extending temporary protection until March 2024
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, more than 13 million people remain uprooted from their homes, causing one of the largest population displacements in Europe since the Second World War. With no end of the conflict in sight, many European...
Commemorating 30 years of service for refugees
On 5 December, UNHCR in Montenegro commemorated its 30th anniversary – 30 years of serving refugees, asylum seekers, people at risk of statelessness and stateless people in the country. Both the President of Montenegro and the Head of the Parliament participated in...
In Action: #IBelong posters take over the streets of Montenegro to reaffirm statelessness can end by 2024
Statelessness is a global issue that affects the lives of millions of people. Stateless people are not recognized as nationals of any country which in turn leads them to have no state protection and access to basic human rights that many people otherwise take for...
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...
UNHCR and the Ministry of Interior Commemorate the 2021 World Refugee Day in Montenegro through a series of events
21 – 25 June 2021 Every year, on 20 June the world celebrates the strength and resilience of refugees, people who, due to war and persecution, have been stripped of everything but still carry on. By the end of 2020, conflict and persecution have forced more than 82...
UNHCR and EU support the Montenegro MoI to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 transmission
26 February 2021, Podgorica – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the European Union donated today tens of thousands of personal protective and hygiene items to Montenegro’s Ministry of Interior to protect refugees and asylum seekers as well as the Ministry’s...
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UNHCR and EU support the Montenegro MoI to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 transmission
26 February 2021, Podgorica – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the European Union donated today tens of thousands of personal protective and hygiene items to Montenegro’s Ministry of Interior to protect refugees and asylum seekers as well as the Ministry’s...
UNHCR and MLSW presented a study of socioeconomic sustainability of former Yugoslavia refugees
UNHCR Representation in Montenegro (UNHCR) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare presented today the results of a study on socioeconomic problems facing some 12,500 displaced persons from the former Yugoslavia who have continued to live in Montenegro.