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  • Ukrainian family finds a home away from home in Moldova

    news Business owners Nadejda and Vitalie converted their office space into a shelter for refugees, including six-year-old Veronika and her family from Odesa., 03 Jun 2022 (1 year ago )
    Nadejda Grosu and Vitalie Ovcearenco had just moved into their new office space in Ialoveni near the Moldovan capital Chisinau when images of refugees fleeing war in Ukraine filled the news channels. The couple’s company makes wooden pallets for local and export markets, and they were expanding t...
  • On World Refugee Day, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller calls for equal treatment of refugees - whoever, wherever, whenever

    news Stiller: “Protecting people forced to flee is a collective global responsibility. We have to remember this could happen to anyone, anywhere.”, 20 Jun 2022 (1 year ago )
    GENEVA – Today, on World Refugee Day 2022, Ben Stiller, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called for compassion and support for all refugees around the world and those forced to flee. During a visit to Poland and Ukraine this week, where Stiller is meeting those recently forc...
  • UNHCR: One year after the Russian invasion, insecurity clouds return intentions of displaced Ukrainians

    news UNHCR, 23 Feb 2023 (1 year ago )
    GENEVA – Twelve months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 13 million people remain uprooted from their homes, including nearly 8 million refugees across Europe and more than 5 million internally displaced people within Ukraine. Their prospects for return in the near future, however, ar...
  • UNHCR welcomes EU decision to offer Temporary Protection to Refugees fleeing Ukraine

    news UNHCR, 04 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )
    Chisinau, Moldova – Yesterday’s unprecedented decision by the European Union (EU) to offer Temporary Protection to Refugees fleeing Ukraine will provide immediate protection in the EU for Ukrainians and third country nationals with refugee or permanent residence status in Ukraine.
  • 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...
  • Free support in matching carriers with NGOs

    news https://herotrucker.eu/pomoc-ukrainie/, 28 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )
    Truckers Life Foundation offers free support in matching carriers with NGOs. Truckers Life Foundation connects humanitarian organizations with drivers willing to help. NGOs can apply through the form: https://herotrucker.eu/pomoc-ukrainie/
  • Cash offers a lifeline to refugees from Ukraine arriving in Poland

    news UNHCR, 01 Apr 2022 (1 year ago )
    Cash assistance is allowing refugees from Ukraine to make their own decisions about what they need most after arriving in Poland and other countries in the region. Poland has provided refuge to more than 2.3 million people fleeing Ukraine in just over a month, and more are arriving every day. Whi...
  • Blanket delivery offers some warmth for refugees waiting to cross Ukraine border

    news UNHCR, 21 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )
    As conflict deepens suffering inside Ukraine, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is scaling up cross-border aid from Poland with the support of partners like NEEKA. With temperatures recently plummeting on the Poland-Ukraine border, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, dispatched a consignment of thermal bla...
  • 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.
  • 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.