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  • UNHCR calls for safeguards to be in place before returns begin

    news UNHCR, 01 Apr 2016 (7 years ago )
    GENEVA, April 1 (UNHCR) – Urging caution, the UN Refugee Agency today called on all parties to the recent agreement between the European Union and Turkey on refugees and migrants to ensure all "safeguards" are in place before any returns from Greece to Turkey begin, UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fle...
  • UNHCR statement on violence on the Greece-FYROM border on 10 April (This statement is attributable to UNHCR Spokesperson Adrian Edwards)

    news UNHCR, 11 Apr 2016 (7 years ago )
    Yesterday's violence at the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border near Eidomeni and the extensive scenes we have all seen of teargas in use are a matter of great worry to UNHCR. It should be too for all who are concerned with Europe's response to the situation of refugees and migrants....
  • Joint Press Release: Cooperation of MoI and UNHCR for the provision of assistance to refugees

    news UNHCR / Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (Alternate Minister for Migration Policy), 23 Apr 2016 (7 years ago )
    Athens, 23 April 2016 PRESS RELEASE The Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (Alternate Minister for Migration Policy) and UNHCR are strengthening their collaboration for the provision of accommodation and assistance to the refugees who are currently in Greece. On Wednesday, 2...
  • Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame through Athens

    news UNHCR, 26 Apr 2016 (7 years ago )
    ATHENS, Greece, April 26 (UNHCR) – Syrian refugee Ibrahim Al-Hussein carried the Olympic flame through an Athens centre for refugees on Tuesday evening as part of the torch relay for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The symbolic gesture was intended to show solidarity with the world's refugees a...
  • UNHCR alarmed at refugee death on Hungary-Serbia border

    news UNHCR, 06 Jun 2016 (7 years ago )
    Budapest, June 4, 2016 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency is alarmed at reports of the death of a Syrian refugee at the Hungary–Serbia border this week. UNHCR is seeking further details after being alerted about the death by the Hungarian Border Police. The man apparently drowned in the Tisza River aft...
  • Joint Press Release: The pre-registration of asylum seekers in the Greek mainland is starting today

    news UNHCR / Greek Asylum Service / EASO, 08 Jun 2016 (7 years ago )
    Athens, 08/06/2016 The Asylum Service is launching today a large scale operation to pre-register applications for international protection, offering the possibility to third country nationals in mainland Greece to ask for asylum in the country, for family reunification or relocation to another EU m...
  • Finding home in Tiglieto

    news UNHCR Italy, 21 Jul 2016 (7 years ago )
    Glitter and Faith, a refugee couple, are part of an integration project ran by local association "Consorzio Agora", in Tiglieto, near Genova. Local community welcomed them as if they were always part of the town. See more about their story.
  • Relocation: il programma per la redistribuzione di richiedenti asilo stenta a decollare

    news UNHCR, Carta di Roma, 29 Jul 2016 (7 years ago )
    Il programma, divenuto operativo nel settembre 2015, procede con lentezza. I posti a disposizione per i ricollocamenti dall’Italia sono solo il 7% del totale richiesto In base agli impegni assunti dall’Unione Europea nell’estate 2015, 160mila persone dovranno essere ricollocate da Italia, Grecia ...
  • As 300,000 cross Mediterranean this year, UNHCR calls for admission pathways for refugees and speedy relocation out of Italy and Greece

    news UNHCR, 20 Sep 2016 (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. By: William Spindler | 20 September 2016 The number of refugees and migrants reaching European shores this year ...
  • UNHCR conducts training on Refugee Law for the Libyan Coastguard and Navy

    news UNHCR, 01 Feb 2017 (7 years ago )
    Tunis, Tunisia – 1 February 2017. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is conducting a two-week course on human rights and refugee law for the Libyan Coastguard and Navy. The training is being held on an Italian ship crossing the Mediterranean Sea. “This training represents an important opportunity t...