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  • Mediterranean crossings deadlier than ever, new UNHCR report shows

    news Desperate Journeys report, 03 Sep 2018 (5 years ago )
    A new report by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency shows that crossing the Mediterranean Sea has become even more deadly. UNHCR’s new Desperate Journeys report shows that more than 1,600 people have died or gone missing while attempting to reach Europe so far this year.
  • Ending Statelessness in South Eastern Europe

    news UNHCR, 25 May 2018 (5 years ago )
    As part of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) global #IBELONG Campaign to end statelessness in the world by 2024, the UNHCR Regional Representation for South Eastern Europe has produced a brochure about the situation of persons at risk of becoming stateless in this region. ...
  • Hungary’s coerced removal of Afghan families deeply shocking

    news UNHCR, 08 May 2019 (4 years ago )
    Hungary’s actions overnight to force two asylum-seeking Afghan families to leave the country under duress is deeply shocking and a flagrant violation of international and EU law, the UN Refugee Agency said today. The two families, four adults and seven children, who had been detained since Januar...
  • Act now to alleviate suffering at reception centres on Greek islands - UNHCR’s Grandi

    news UNHCR, 21 Feb 2020 (4 years ago )
    UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today called for urgent action to address the increasingly desperate situation of refugees and migrants in reception centres in the Aegean islands. Conditions in facilities on Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros are woefully inadequate, and have co...
  • Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the Coronavirus pandemic

    news UNHCR, 20 Apr 2020 (3 years ago )
    Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Gillian Triggs, warned today. “We need to pay ur...
  • Beware long-term damage to human rights and refugee rights from the coronavirus pandemic: UNHCR

    news UNHCR, 22 Apr 2020 (3 years ago )
    The coronavirus pandemic has deepened the plight of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution. As countries battle to protect their populations and economies, fundamental norms of refugee and human rights law are at risk. “The core principles of refugee protection are being put to test – but peo...
  • Greek Volunteers share UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

    news UNHCR, 06 Sep 2016 (7 years ago )
    The Hellenic Rescue Team and Efi Latsoudi of “PIKPA village” on Lesvos joint winners of humanitarian honour A 2,000 strong volunteer sea rescue team, credited with saving thousands of lives during the 2015 refugee crisis, and a passionate human rights activist who provided a safe haven for thousa...
  • UNHCR viewpoint: 'Refugee' or 'migrant' - Which is right?

    news UNHCR, 28 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )
    GENEVA, Aug 27 (UNHCR) – With almost 60 million people forcibly displaced globally and boat crossings of the Mediterranean in the headlines almost daily, it is becoming increasingly common to see the terms 'refugee' and 'migrant' being used interchangeably in media and public discourse. But is there...
  • IL PUNTO DI VISTA DELL'UNHCR: “RIFUGIATO” o “MIGRANTE”, QUAL È CORRETTO?

    news UNHCR, 28 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )
    Con quasi 60 milioni di persone costrette a lasciare le proprie case in tutto il mondo e le traversate in barca del Mediterraneo in prima pagina quasi ogni giorno, è sempre più comune vedere i termini “rifugiato” e “migrante” usati in maniera intercambiabile, sia tra i media che nei dibattiti. Ma tr...
  • This is a primarily refugee crisis, not only a migration phenomenon.

    news UNHCR, 04 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )
    Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres on refugee crisis in Europe Press Releases, 4 September 2015 The European Union is preparing key emergency meetings to take decisions in its response to the present refugee and migration crisis. The situation requires a massive com...