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UNHCR warns of deepening refugee crisis in Greece and calls for urgent and bold action
news UNHCR, 07 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )Geneva, 7 August 2015 The UNHCR Directors of the Bureau for Europe and of Emergency, Security and Supply, visited Greece last week to assess the refugee crisis in the country, where some 124,000 refugees and migrants have arrived by sea this year – as of 31 July – mainly to the islands of Lesvos... -
Mediterranean Crisis 2015 at six months: refugee and migrant numbers highest on record
news UNHCR, 01 Jul 2015 (8 years ago )The large majority of the 137,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe during the first six months of 2015 were fleeing from war, conflict or persecution, making the Mediterranean crisis primarily a refugee crisis, a UNHCR report released today concludes. One third of the men, wo... -
Scattered - Syrian Refugees by Country
news The Economist, 12 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )http://t.co/IwuKoJSJuB -
Joint press conference opening remarks by António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
news European Commission, 05 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )Joint press conference opening remarks by António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees -
UNHCR concern over testimonies of abuse and sexual violence against refugee and migrant women and children on the move in Europe
news UNHCR, 23 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )Briefing Notes, 23 October 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 October 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is concerned by credible testimonies it has received of abuse... -
Update on Lesvos and the Greek islands
news UNHCR, 06 Nov 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 6 November 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR staff on the Greek islands have worked throughout the week to provide help to refugees, migrant... -
UNHCR warns of new humanitarian problems building at crossings from Greece into the Balkans
news UNHCR, 24 Nov 2015 (8 years ago )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 24 November 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On Friday last week, UNHCR, together with our partners IOM and Unicef, expressed our shared concern at... -
Young Afghan uses language skills to help medics on Lesvos
news UNHCR, 20 Nov 2015 (8 years ago )LESVOS, Greece, Nov 20 (UNHCR) – Amena Yusufi, a 21-year-old woman from Afghanistan, stepped out of a medical tent on Lesvos' busy Moria reception and registration centre and called for the next patient. A mother and her baby stepped forward. Amena listened patiently as the mother explained the b... -
UNHCR says most of Syrians arriving in Greece are students
news UNHCR, 08 Dec 2015 (8 years ago )GENEVA, Dec 8, (UNHCR) – The Mediterranean crossing is treacherous, the risk of drowning is constant. But still they come, day after day, in a fleet of dinghies spilling them onto the shores of Greek Islands near Turkey, almost 800,000 so far in 2015 alone. Most are fleeing the conflict in Syria.... -
Programme seeks 20,000 places for asylum seekers in Greece
news UNHCR, 14 Dec 2015 (8 years ago )ATHENS, Greece, Dec 14 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency and the European Commission have launched a programme to provide 20,000 additional reception places for asylum seekers in Greece through subsidies for private sector housing. The Commission is providing 80 million euros from the 2016 EU budge...