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Ukraine Supreme Court makes landmark ruling on pension rights for internally displaced
news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2018 (5 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency takes note of the decision of 4 September by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, ensuring hundreds of thousands of elderly, internally displaced people and residents of the non-government controlled areas (NGCA) in eastern Ukraine will have easily-available access to their pen... -
UNHCR warns over Mediterranean rescue capacity
news UNHCR, 30 Sep 2018 (5 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is grateful to Malta for its decision to allow 58 rescued people from the NGO ship Aquarius to be disembarked, ending their ordeal after days at sea. We are also grateful to France, Germany, Portugal and Spain who have offered to receive these people from Malta. The ... -
Irish woman sets up community programme to help refugees
news UNHCR, 06 Mar 2019 (5 years ago )An Irish woman pilots the country’s first sponsorship programme to help welcome refugees into the community in her small town. It was more than just the drip drip of news that spurred Nola Leonard to take action to help refugees in her home country of Ireland. Through her faith, she was inspired ... -
UNHCR says Ukraine landmine risk needs urgent action
news UNHCR, 02 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for increased efforts to address the dangers and legacy of landmines in eastern Ukraine, one of the most landmine-contaminated areas in the world and where mines continue to be laid in the ongoing conflict. According to the Ukraine Government, the conflict ha... -
The rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response
news OHCHR/IOM/UNHCR/WHO Joint press release, 31 Mar 2020 (3 years ago )In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate – but many refugees, those forcibly displaced, the stateless and migrants are at heightened risk. Three-quarters of the world’s refugees and many migrants are hosted in developing regions ... -
News comment on search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean by Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the U...
news UNHCR, 01 May 2020 (3 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for greater coordination, solidarity and responsibility-sharing, in view of the increased movements of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the extremely difficult circumstances faced by many countries at present due to COVID-19, the prote... -
Numbers of refugee arrivals to Greece increase dramatically
news UNHCR, 18 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )GENEVA, Aug 18 (UNHCR) – More refugees and migrants arrived in Greece last month than during the whole of 2014, the UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday, and called for a European-wide response to deal with the escalating crisis. UNHCR said that in July 50,242 people, mostly fleeing the conflic... -
UNHCR chief Guterres stresses need to fight human trafficking, protect victims
news UNHCR, 26 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )GENEVA, Aug 26 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency head António Guterres on Wednesday reiterated the need to protect refugees fleeing to Europe by ensuring they are protected from human traffickers and that a properly functioning system is created to allow them to apply for asylum legally. At a joint... -
Picking Up the Pieces - A Syrian family find safety in Germany, only for tragedy to bring them back to Sicily, where their European journey ...
news UNHCR, 19 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )Rimaz and her husband, Mohammed, are flicking through photos on their smartphone while their young children explore a park in Catania, Sicily. There’s Liain’s third birthday party a few months ago, four-year-old Iyad enjoying a horse ride, Rimaz’s mother, and the bloodied body of a relative killed t... -
UNHCR warns of growing asylum crisis in Greece and the Western Balkans amid arrivals of refugees from war
news UNHCR, 10 Jul 2015 (8 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 10 July 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The number of refugees arriving in the Greek islands continues to rise, averaging 1,000 people daily. S...