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.
UNHCR welcomes the important laws regulating the status of foreigners in Serbia
The UN Refugee Agency welcomes the promulgation by the Republic of Serbia of the Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection, the Law on Foreigners and the Law on Border Control, all of which are important for regularizing the status of foreigners, including...
Students create cartoons in solidarity with refugees
Seven enthusiastic students from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje joined the project called Now a Refugee – Always Human and decided to help refugees by doing what they do best: draw and write. The UNHCR Skopje awareness raising project Now a Refugee –...
I don’t feel like a foreigner here
Twenty-nine year old Sutki Sokolovski has been stateless since birth. His tragic story, complicated by many difficult life events, started with a blank citizenship field in his birth certificate which would cause many missed opportunities later in his life. Sutki was...
HELP/UNHCR course on Asylum and the ECHR in Albania: closing event
The closure event of the HELP/UNHCR course on Asylum and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was organised in Tirana, Albania on 12 February. Participants in the course had the possibility to discuss with international experts in the fields as well as the...
Ombudsman and UNHCR Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement
Montenegro’s Human Rights Ombudsman and UNHCR signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement, with the aim of carrying out joint activities in the area of protection and promotion of human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, displaced persons and stateless persons. Under...
Strategy of supporting solutions for vulnerable internally displaced persons and returnees in BiH
Over the past twenty years since signing the Dayton Peace Agreement, the authorities in BiH at all levels have been working hard to resolve the issues of protracted displacement.
RHP: 120 Kosovo Roma Families Move into New Homes in Konik
Some 120 Kosovo Roma refugee families residing in the Konik camp today received keys to their new homes as part of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP).
UNHCR helps a child in Gjakovë/Đakovica to be able to attend school
“Arben nowadays goes more often in the yard and plays with the children of the same age. We are happy that he will start school next month.” It was Shpejtim, Arben’s father who told this to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency staff during a visit to this family in Gjakovë....
Cuban refugees work hard to start over in Montenegro
After fleeing political persecution in Cuba, Raul and his family are determined to build a new life and learn a new language in Montenegro.
UNHCR Advocates Durable Solutions for the returnees in the need of housing
Bashkim was servicing a TV set when we visited him on a sunny day in his house in Plemetin. He smiled when we entered his shop showing his appreciation for our visit.
Yemeni family reunited in Montenegro after four years apart
Former opposition activist says there were times when he thought he would never see his wife and children again.