Training for UNHCR partners about supporting LGBTIQ+ migrants and refugees
On 23 and 24 November, UNHCR, together with local experts, organized a training for UNHCR implementing and governmental partners about the LGBTIQ+ community who are fleeing their country of origin and how to support the LGBTIQ+ individuals who are in need of...
#Ibelong Story: After decades in the shadows, Nina begins her new life
After years of legal battle, Nina received a positive decision on the acquisition of BiH citizenship based on facilitated naturalization in April 2020.
Lack of legal identity – inexistence
No matter how life’s journey has shaped the perception of the world surrounding them, the dignity and kindness have remained untouched. Meet the Kadrija family from village Tërstenik/Trstenik, Peja/Peć municipality, where they live in poor living conditions, though...
After 35 years, the nightmare of a legal limbo ends for a mother of 9 in Montenegro
Statelessness is like a family virus that you pass down to your children – and wearing a mask and washing hands does not help!
Increased need for identification and individualised assistance to LGBTIQ+ displaced people
The route that leads across the Western Balkans can be perilous, especially for people whose personal vulnerability coupled with a lack of protection in their own countries may be the core reason for them to seek safety in Europe. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...
Programme offers people displaced by Balkans wars the joy of coming home
The 290-million euro international programme, supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has assisted over 8,600 people and is set to close next year. The tears in the eyes of Branko Glisic when he recalls coming back to live in the village he left because of Bosnia’s...
UNHCR is a bridge between refugees and the United Nations
Each year, many people fleeing war, persecution and violence transit through Montenegro on their way to Western Europe. Since 2012, however, more and more have sought asylum here. Of the nearly 8,000 people who in 2019 initially stated an intention to apply for asylum...
For me, one part of paradise is in Montenegro
For refugees, integration into the local community can be a solution to their plight and a chance to build a new life. Montenegro placed integration high on the policy agenda, with the aim of rendering refugees economically productive and self-reliant, all the while...
I’ve found my life in Montenegro
For 28 years, UNHCR in Montenegro has helped refugees by providing legal and material aid, as well as psychosocial support, while at the same time working with Montenegro to develop its asylum capacities. “Montenegro’s open-door policy in the aftermath of the...
Afghan youth pursues his design dream at college in Belgrade
Sami Rasuli aimed for Italy but Serbia is giving him the practical grounding he needs for a career in fashion
Legends of Pirates
Shezad K. is 16. He fled Afghanistan two years ago. Back home, he witnessed his family perish before his eyes, and after many years of struggling on his own in the unsafe streets of his hometown, had to flee to seek international protection. On arrival to Serbia, with...
Blocked on road to EU, family considers Bosnia for asylum
At the doorstep of the EU, where thousands of asylum seekers are prevented from journeying onwards, one Afghan family have decided to call a halt and invest their hopes for a new life in Bosnia and Herzegovina.