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  • Treat refugees humanely, work together, says UNHCR, as thousands continue heading into the Western Balkans from Greece

    news UNHCR, 25 Aug 2015 (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 25 August 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In Serbia, UNHCR and the Serb authorities are working to respond to the humanitarian needs of the more...
  • 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...
  • Bodies found dead in a truck near border, while asylum seekers flow into Hungary

    news UNHCR, 28 Aug 2015 (8 years ago )
    GENEVA, Aug 28 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said it was "deeply shocked and saddened" at the grim discovery yesterday of the bodies of 71 people inside a truck abandoned near the Austrian border with Hungary. "This tragedy underscores the ruthlessness of people smugglers who have expanded thei...
  • Mediterranean Sea crossings exceed 300,000, including 200,000 to Greece

    news UNHCR, 28 Aug 2015 (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 28 August 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean this year has now exceeded 300,000, inc...
  • 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...
  • Europe's growing refugee and migration crisis on show in Hungary

    news UNHCR, 04 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )
    BUDAPEST, Sept 4 (UNHCR) – An angry confrontation between police and refugees on a blocked train just outside Budapest; a makeshift camp of stranded Syrians, Afghans and others at the capital's main railway station; more than 2,000 refugees crossing into the country from Serbia each day – the contou...
  • UNHCR chief issues key guidelines for dealing with Europe's refugee crisis

    news UNHCR, 04 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )
    GENEVA, Sept 4, (UNHCR) – The head of the UN refugee agency António Guterres, emphasizing the European Union faced a "defining moment", has laid out a set of key guidelines which he says should underpin all efforts to resolve the current refugee and migration crisis facing Europe. Guterres said t...
  • Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres on refugee crisis in Europe

    news UNHCR, 04 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )
    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 common effort that is not possible with the current fragmented approach. Europe is facing its biggest refugee influx in decades. ...
  • 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...