Strengthened protection for stateless people in Ukraine: 737 stateless persons applied to determine their status in 2021
Across Ukraine, more and more people are becoming “visible” as they receive positive decisions from the Ukrainian state on recognition as stateless.
Through computerisation, UNHCR helps increase access to health services along the contact line in eastern Ukraine
“Last year we saw a fast development of electronic health services in Ukraine. Everything is computerized now, to the point that it became almost impossible to treat patients without a computer. The new electronic system is mandatory for document renewal, obtaining...
UNHCR recommends: films on forced displacement that will not leave you indifferent
Movies allow us to look through the window and get a glimpse of a better understanding of others. A girl next door who wears a hijab and buys fresh bread every morning, a baker who goes to church every Sunday, children in the street chattering in an unfamiliar...
Model UN Refugee Challenge
UNHCR is challenging Model United Nations delegates worldwide to debate the major issues related to forced displacement.
“I just want to live”. New theatre play depicts the lives of forcibly displaced persons in Ukraine
“A few months ago, I met with Ali, a young refugee from Afghanistan. He brought to the meeting a 40-page long text he wanted to turn into a theatre play,” recalls Slava Zhyla, Director of the Kyiv Academic Theatre “Actor”. At the time, images of turbulence in...
Forcibly displaced children record audio tales from around the world to promote inclusion and diversity in Ukraine
Special program for children and teens represents Ukraine’s rich diversity of cultures
UNHCR NGO Innovation Award 2022
Strengthening local responses led by Women-Led Organisations (WLOs)
UNHCR urges support to address worsening gender-based violence impact on displaced women and girls
Survivors must be supported to heal and recover, and perpetrators must be brought to justice.
UNHCR: Conflict, violence, climate change drove displacement higher in first half of 2021
UNHCR publishes annual worldwide data on forced displacement each June in its Global Trends reports.