Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response - Mediterranean

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  Refugee Crisis in the Media

Refugees face long cold and wet night at crowded Balkan border crossings
UNHCR, 21 Oct 2015
BERKASOVO, Serbia, Oct 21, (UNHCR) – It is 6 pm, and night is falling fast. Amr and his family huddle under a makeshift shelter, partially lit by a nearby fire, on a small hill near the Serbian-Croatian border. It is windy and cold -- the temperature having fallen to around 7 degrees. Amr an...
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Number of sea arrivals in Greece hits half million mark
UNHCR, 20 Oct 2015
GENEVA, Oct 20 (UNHCR) – Sea arrivals so far this year to Greece have now passed the half-million mark with the arrival yesterday on the Aegean Islands of nearly 8,000 people, the UN refugee agency said today. It added that the latest arrivals had taken the overall total to some 502,500 for thi...
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Germany: Confronting challenges at end of the road
UNHCR, 20 Oct 2015
BERLIN, Germany (UNHCR) – Selwa sighed heavily sitting on a mattress with Renham, her energetic seven-year old daughter. The farmer abandoned her treasured land, livestock, fruit trees and two elder children, to make the dangerous journey from the Ghouta suburbs outside the Syrian capital Damascus...
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Seven people die off Lesvos as tensions flare at crowded reception facility
UNHCR, 16 Oct 2015
GENEVA, Oct 16 (UNHCR) – Authorities in Greece have reported up to seven people were killed – four of them children – in a collision between a smuggling boat and a Greek Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Lesvos, the UN refugee agency said today. It added that UNHCR staff had also had to b...
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Turmoil and tragedy in Lesvos as sea arrivals surge, urgent support needed to rapidly improve reception
UNHCR, 16 Oct 2015
Turmoil and tragedy in Lesvos as sea arrivals surge, urgent support needed to rapidly improve reception Briefing Notes, 16 October 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 16 October 2015,...
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  Highlights

It is essential that Greece receives massive support from the European Union for adequate reception, registration and screening processes. (UNHCR)
16 Oct 2015
UNHCR has deployed 120 emergency staff to Greece to support the government in its effort to address the continuing crisis. (UNHCR)
12 Oct 2015
First group of asylum seekers relocated from Italy to Sweden - UNHCR 9 October 2015
12 Oct 2015
Accessible legal avenues are needed for refugees to reach safety without putting themselves and their families at risk. (UNHCR)
09 Oct 2015
The rate of arrivals underlines the need for robust facilities to receive, assist, register and screen all people arriving by sea. (UNHCR)
02 Oct 2015