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Unaccompanied and separated children fleeing escalating conflict in Ukraine must be protected
news UNHCR, 07 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi -
News Comment: UNHCR’s Grandi praises Europe’s welcome for Refugees fleeing Ukraine
news UNHCR, 08 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )We have passed the shocking milestone of 2 million refugees fleeing Ukraine in just 12 days, mainly into five neighbouring countries. Over half are fleeing to Poland alone. -
Ukrainian family confronts new reality of life as refugees
news UNHCR, 10 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )After an arduous journey to safety, two-month-old Andrii is among the youngest of more than 2 million refugees from Ukraine, but his aunt already looks forward to the day he can return. -
University dorm in western Ukraine offers escape for fleeing families
news UNHCR, 11 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )With nearly 2 million people forcibly displaced within Ukraine, UNHCR and its partners are responding to the dire humanitarian needs with shelter and other forms of aid. <br> Until recently, students filled the halls and rooms of this dormitory in Mukachevo State University in western Ukraine’s Z... -
UNHCR scales up for those displaced by war in Ukraine, deploys cash assistance
news UNHCR, 11 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. <br> <br> UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has significantly stepped up its assistance in Ukraine and the neighbouring cou... -
UN welcomes and supports initiative to fast-track transfer of people fleeing Ukraine to Romania through Moldova
news UNHCR, 11 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )Chisinau, 10 March 2022 – The Moldovan and Romanian Governments, supported by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration, IOM have set in place the transfer of people who fled Ukraine, including third country nationals, from southern Moldova to Romania, a journey o... -
Refugees fleeing Ukraine to Moldova find onward passage to Romania
news UNHCR, 15 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )As transfers are arranged to ease the pressure on Moldova of hundreds of thousands fleeing conflict, UNHCR staff are on hand to help refugees facing an uncertain future. <br> Under leaden skies at the remote Palanca border crossing in southeastern Moldova, groups of refugees from Ukraine brave the... -
Private sector donates over US$200 million to UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency response
news UNHCR, 15 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )As humanitarian needs continue to rise, UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls on the private sector for continued support. -
Polish border town welcomes refugees from Ukraine, but will itself need help
news UNHCR, 16 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )‘These refugees have lost almost everything. We need to help them. Even if that means we’ll have to learn to live with less,’ says mayor of Medyka, a primary crossing point for refugees. Marek Iwasieczko has been averaging just four hours sleep a night since the bombs started falling on Ukraine. ... -
Poland welcomes more than two million refugees from Ukraine
news UNHCR, 18 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )WARSAW – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today acknowledged the enormous support of the Polish authorities and civil society for those who have been forced to flee Ukraine, after the number of arrivals passed the two million mark within three weeks.