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UNHCR cash assistance helps refugees from Ukraine make ends meet, while boosting the local economy
news UNHCR, 28 Apr 2022 (1 year ago )Chisinau, Moldova-Wednesday 23 February was a day like any other in Ukraine’s Mariupol city. Liudmila Prodous, a resident of the port city travelled to Odesa, on the border with Moldova, to attend a workshop. She brought with her Veronica, her only child, to see places. The next day, the two hear... -
Cloud of uncertainty starts to lift for Ukrainian sisters fleeing war
news UNHCR, 05 May 2022 (1 year ago )Two women in fluorescent-coloured anoraks stand out in the crowd of refugees crossing the border from Ukraine to Slovakia. Antonina Kunchenko, 62, and Natasha Titova, 59, are sisters who have fled fighting in eastern Ukraine. They arrive on a spring morning in Slovakia without a clue what to do next... -
Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War. How to deal with it?
news TA3 Websit, 22 Apr 2022 (1 year ago )Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War. How to deal with it? -
National Launch of the refugee response plan:
news The Ministry of Interior, 11 May 2022 (1 year ago )The release of the Refugee response Plan -
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... -
Statement on the situation in Ukraine attributed to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
news UNHCR, 24 Feb 2022 (2 years ago )We are gravely concerned about the fast-deteriorating situation and ongoing military action in Ukraine. The humanitarian consequences on civilian populations will be devastating. There are no winners in war, but countless lives will be torn apart. -
People across Poland show solidarity with refugees from Ukraine
news UNHCR, 01 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )From overflowing donation centres near the border to offers of transport and accommodation around the country, Poles offer a warm welcome to people forced to flee. -
News Comment: 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in a week
news UNHCR, 03 Mar 2022 (2 years ago )In just seven days, one million people have fled Ukraine, uprooted by this senseless war. I have worked in refugee emergencies for almost 40 years, and rarely have I seen an exodus as rapid as this one.