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Germany: Confronting challenges at end of the road
news UNHCR, 20 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )BERLIN, Germany (UNHCR) – Selwa sighed heavily sitting on a mattress with Renham, her energetic seven-year old daughter. The farmer abandoned her treasured land, livestock, fruit trees and two elder children, to make the dangerous journey from the Ghouta suburbs outside the Syrian capital Damascus, ... -
Worsening weather brings more tragedy to eastern Aegean as influx continues in Greece
news UNHCR, 29 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )LESVOS ISLAND, Greece, Oct. 29 – At least 15 people died, several of them children, and some 38 others are missing in five incidents involving smuggler boats carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants across a wind-whipped channel between Turkey and the Greek islands. In the most serious incident... -
Asylum-seekers await application results at historic Berlin airport
news UNHCR, 17 Nov 2015 (8 years ago )BERLIN, Germany, Nov 17 (UNHCR) – Their journeys now over, thousands of asylum-seekers are awaiting the results of their applications in a cavernous, historic airport in the German capital, Berlin. With freezing temperatures approaching fast, German authorities are scrambling to ensure no one is lef... -
Joint UNHCR, IOM, and UNICEF statement on new border restrictions in the Balkans
news UNHCR, 20 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 20 November 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In the last couple of days, we have witnessed Governments instituting a range of restrictions against ... -
UNHCR alarmed at the plight of refugees and migrants at Bulgaria borders
news UNHCR, 28 Jan 2016 (8 years ago )Sofia, 28 January 2016 The UN Refugee Agency is extremely alarmed at reports of two dead bodies being found on the Bulgarian border with Serbia, last week. UNHCR is seeking further details after being alerted about the deaths by the Bulgarian Border Police. The two men, apparently, have died of c... -
Europe: UNHCR concerned over increasing restrictive measures, urges effective comprehensive European response
news UNHCR, 12 Feb 2016 (8 years ago )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 12 February 2016, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Over 80,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by boat during the first six weeks of 2016 and ov... -
UNHCR Survey finds Afghan and Syrian refugees arriving to Greece are fleeing conflict and violence
news UNHCR, 23 Feb 2016 (8 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Karin de Grujil – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 February 2016, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A UNHCR survey found that some 94% of Syrians arriving in Greece in January made the perilous journey... -
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...