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UNHCR helping 10,000 refugees & migrants, thousands of internally displaced in Libya’s Sabratha
news UNHCR, 13 Oct 2017 (6 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Since last Friday, UNHCR teams in Libya have been responding to the urgent humanitarian needs in and around Sabratha, a ... -
UNHCR chief exhorts France to promote solidarity towards refugees in Europe
news UNHCR, 10 Oct 2017 (7 years ago )PARIS – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Monday that France has a leading role to play in resettling refugees and managing migration flows in Europe. During a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Grandi added that the UNHCR supports France in its efforts to “lead E... -
UNHCR’s Volker Turk warns of threats to global asylum environment in key address
news UNHCR, 05 Oct 2017 (7 years ago )Violations of international refugee law, such as attacks by troops and families being driven back across borders, jeopardized the safety of people fleeing for their lives in 2017, UNHCR’s international protection chief said today. In a key annual address to the UN Refugee Agency’s annual Executive ... -
UNHCR calls for the EU relocation scheme to continue
news UNHCR, 26 Sep 2017 (7 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged EU Member States to promptly relocate all asylum-seekers eligible under the EU’s emergency relocation scheme and for it to continue beyond the two years originally planned. “Although the relocation scheme has only partially met what was originally foreseen ... -
UNHCR Chief visits Hungary, calls for greater access to asylum, end to detention and more solidarity with refugees
news UNHCR, 12 Sep 2017 (7 years ago )Budapest – UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Hungary to improve access for people seeking asylum and to do away with its so-called border “transit zones,” which he said are in effect detention centres. In Budapest, he met Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó and In... -
UNHCR steps up efforts towards alternatives to detention in Libya and solutions for vulnerable refugees
news UNHCR, 12 Sep 2017 (7 years ago )Libya remains one of the most complex mixed migration situations in the world, with refugees traveling alongside migrants through perilous routes, surviving dangerous desert crossings and abuses that include sexual violence, torture, detention in inhumane conditions and abductions for ransom. All th... -
Central Mediterranean situation: UNHCR calls for an additional 40,000 resettlement places
news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2017 (7 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called today for an additional 40,000 resettlement places to be made available for refugees located in 15 priority countries* along the Central Mediterranean route. “These 40,000 resettlement places, which will complement already existing commitments, will be crucial t... -
UNHCR urges action to ease conditions on Greek islands
news UNHCR, 08 Sep 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. 08 September 2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by the deteriorating situation on Greece’s eastern Aegean is... -
News comment from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme*
news UNHCR, 06 Sep 2017 (7 years ago )“Today’s decision by the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme sends a very strong signal on the importance of solidarity and responsibility sharing among EU Member States. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has been continuously advocating for a prompt implementation of the EU relocation ... -
Statement by the UN Refugee Agency on two-year anniversary of death of Alan Kurdi
news UNHCR, 31 Aug 2017 (7 years ago )Nearly two years after the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi was found on a Turkish beach, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges the international community to take robust action to prevent more tragedies. Although the number of arrivals in Europe has drastically decreased s...