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IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF: The 62 rescued refugees and migrants on board the Alan Kurdi should be disembarked safely as quickly as possible
news IOM/UNHCR/UNICEF Joint Statement, 11 Apr 2019 (5 years ago )ROME, Italy – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and UNICEF express serious concern over the situation of the 62 migrants and refugees rescued on 3 April by the Alan Kurdi, operated by the NGO Sea-Eye, who have still not been guaranteed a sa... -
Hungary’s coerced removal of Afghan families deeply shocking
news UNHCR, 08 May 2019 (4 years ago )Hungary’s actions overnight to force two asylum-seeking Afghan families to leave the country under duress is deeply shocking and a flagrant violation of international and EU law, the UN Refugee Agency said today. The two families, four adults and seven children, who had been detained since Januar... -
UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness
news UNHCR/UNICEF, 14 Feb 2019 (5 years ago )GENEVA, 14 February 2019 - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Agency, are calling on States and regional organisations to take urgent action to ensure no child is born, or remains, stateless in Europe. While there are no precise figures on the total numbers of stateless... -
The Council of Europe and UNHCR support Member States in bringing refugee health workers into the COVID-19 response
news UNHCR, 14 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )As many European countries continue to struggle with the unprecedent COVID-19 crisis, the Council of Europe and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today encourage States to benefit from the support refugee health professionals can provide to national health systems at this critical juncture. “In recent ... -
Children’s storybook released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
news Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Press Release, 09 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )A new storybook that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commission... -
The rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response
news OHCHR/IOM/UNHCR/WHO Joint press release, 31 Mar 2020 (4 years ago )In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate – but many refugees, those forcibly displaced, the stateless and migrants are at heightened risk. Three-quarters of the world’s refugees and many migrants are hosted in developing regions ... -
UNHCR statement on the situation at the Turkey-EU border
news UNHCR, 02 Mar 2020 (4 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for calm and an easing of tensions on Turkey’s borders with the European Union in light of the present increased movements of people there – including refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR is monitoring developments in Turkey and in Greece and is offering ... -
Act now to alleviate suffering at reception centres on Greek islands - UNHCR’s Grandi
news UNHCR, 21 Feb 2020 (4 years ago )UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today called for urgent action to address the increasingly desperate situation of refugees and migrants in reception centres in the Aegean islands. Conditions in facilities on Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros are woefully inadequate, and have co... -
UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece
news UNHCR/UNICEF/IOM, 15 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Greece to Luxembourg. The children, who had been living in overcrowded reception and identification cent... -
Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the Coronavirus pandemic
news UNHCR, 20 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )Around the world COVID-19 is taking lives and changing communities but the virus is also inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Gillian Triggs, warned today. “We need to pay ur...