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  • UNHCR evacuates 74 vulnerable refugees from Libya to Niger

    news UNHCR, 15 Dec 2017 (7 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, evacuated during the night of 14-15 December, 74 vulnerable refugees, the vast majority children and women, from Libya to Niger. “I am happy to report that a group of 51 children, 22 women and one man have been successfully evacuated from Libya and are now safe in Nige...
  • Situation on Greek islands still grim despite speeded transfers

    news UNHCR, 22 Dec 2017 (7 years ago )
    This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains very concerned at the situation of refugees and migrants on the Greek Aegean islan...
  • First evacuation of 162 vulnerable refugees from Libya to Italy

    news UNHCR, 22 Dec 2017 (7 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today the evacuation of 162 highly vulnerable refugees from Libya to Italy, including unaccompanied children and women who had been held captive for extended periods of time. “For the first time, we have been able to evacuate vulnerable refugees straight fr...
  • UNHCR appeals to Israel over forced relocations policy

    news UNHCR, 09 Jan 2018 (7 years ago )
    This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is again appealing to Israel to halt its policy of relocating Eritreans and Sudanese to sub-Saharan Africa. This...
  • Refugee chefs serve up success at food festival

    news UNHCR, 31 May 2018 (7 years ago )
    GENEVA, Switzerland – The third Refugee Food Festival is coming to 14 cities around the world in June, bringing locals and refugee chefs together to share food and friendship. First launched in Paris in 2016, this year’s festival will see over 100 restaurants in cities including New York, Amsterd...
  • UNHCR appeals to Greece over situation at Evros

    news UNHCR, 27 Apr 2018 (7 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the Greek Government to urgently improve conditions and expand reception capacity, following a recent rise in arrivals at Evros via the land border with Turkey. Hundreds of people are at present being held in police detention facilities. Some 2,900 peop...
  • UNHCR urges Hungary to withdraw draft law impacting refugees

    news UNHCR, 29 May 2018 (7 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the Government of Hungary to withdraw a package of laws set to be introduced in the Hungarian Parliament that would significantly restrict the ability of NGOs and individuals to support asylum-seekers and refugees. UNHCR is seriously concerned that these p...
  • Refugees and music students strike a chord in Vienna

    news UNHCR, 25 May 2018 (7 years ago )
    VIENNA, Austria - On a Saturday night at the Schwarzberg music pub, the crowd is going wild. Refugees are jamming with music students who have been teaching the newcomers how to play their instruments. Milad Osman, 23, from Afghanistan, is playing a short piano solo on the stage, even though he h...
  • UNHCR and OECD launch action plan to boost refugee employment

    news UNHCR, 24 Apr 2018 (7 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, is launching today an innovative action plan to expand employment opportunities for refugees. The document not only identifies the challenges, opportunities and best practices in the integratio...
  • Fewer refugees arriving in Greece’s Evros region, but problems remain

    news UNHCR, 12 Jun 2018 (7 years ago )
    PYTHIO VILLAGE, Greece – As dawn breaks over Greece’s north-eastern Evros region, a group of three families with adults and children tramp through Pythio and Thourio, small villages on a country backroad. “We’ve been travelling for three days directly from Kobani,” [on the Syrian border with Turk...