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  • Swiss interreligious council issuses declaration on refugees

    news UNHCR, 09 Nov 2018 (6 years ago )
    “The unprecedented appeal that was made on Wednesday, 7 November, by Switzerland’s religious leaders in support of refugees is very much welcomed. This powerful initiative from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Islamic leaders in Switzerland urges stronger refugee protection, making practical sugg...
  • UNHCR warns over Mediterranean rescue capacity

    news UNHCR, 30 Sep 2018 (6 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 ...
  • Spain and Haiti join international agreements to counter statelessness

    news UNHCR, 29 Sep 2018 (6 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency applauds Spain’s and Haiti’s landmark decisions to join international agreements to counter statelessness, a situation faced by millions of people deprived of basic rights because they are not considered as nationals by any State. “We applaud Spain and Haiti for takin...
  • Ukraine Supreme Court makes landmark ruling on pension rights for internally displaced

    news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2018 (6 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...
  • Mediterranean crossings deadlier than ever, new UNHCR report shows

    news Desperate Journeys report, 03 Sep 2018 (6 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.
  • UNHCR relieved at disembarkation of rescued persons from Diciotti

    news UNHCR, 26 Aug 2018 (6 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is relieved that the remaining rescued persons on board the Italian coast guard vessel ‘Diciotti’ have now disembarked. UNHCR commends those countries and organisations that have shown solidarity and given tangible assistance by offering to take in those who remained ...
  • UNHCR calls on Europe to stand by humanitarian principles, receive rescued Diciotti passengers

    news UNHCR, 25 Aug 2018 (6 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is appealing to European Union member States urgently to offer relocation places to some 150 rescued persons who remain on board the Italian coast guard vessel ‘Diciotti’. In the meantime, UNHCR urges Italian authorities to allow the immediate disembarkation of those on ...
  • UNHCR calls on Austria EU Presidency to lead and unite EU countries towards a fair and functioning asylum system

    news UNHCR, 02 Jul 2018 (6 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today released its recommendations to the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). UNHCR is urging the Austrian Presidency to lead and unite EU Member States to deliver coherent and common European asylum policies that ensure access to territory an...
  • IOM, UNHCR appeal for region-wide action by EU countries over Mediterranean tragedies

    news UNHCR, 27 Jun 2018 (6 years ago )
    Concerned with the ongoing human tragedy in which almost 1,000 refugees and migrants have perished while being smuggled across the Mediterranean this year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, are today appealing to European Union countries for concerted, region-wide actio...
  • Solidarity and integration on display at ‘No Stranger Place’ exhibition in Paris

    news UNHCR, 11 Jun 2018 (6 years ago )
    PARIS, France – After fleeing persecution for being gay in his native Mali, Louis found the moral support and understanding he long sought with Armand and Christophe, a couple who kindly agreed to host him in their Parisian flat. Armand and Christophe are among many ordinary citizens across Europ...