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UNHCR welcomes more EU support to refugees, urges fast implementation
GENEVA, Sept 24, (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency today welcomed a decision by European Union leaders to boost resources for humanitarian assistance to countries neighbouring war-torn Syria. UNHCR, in a statement issued after the European Council decision, also welcomed...
Thousands of refugees fleeing war cross into Croatia triggering sad memories of own recent past
OPATOVAC, Croatia, Sept 22 (UNHCR) — In their thousands they streamed across a disused, now re-opened Croatian border post at Bapcek: Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis fleeing war in the Middle East into a country where the memories of its own conflict in the early-90s are...
UNHCR outlines proposals to manage refugee and migration crisis in Europe ahead of EU Summit
GENEVA, Sept 22 (UNHCR) — With EU leaders meeting in Brussels today and tomorrow, UNHCR has urged them to unite behind emergency proposals to manage what it says is an "increasingly chaotic and unpredictable" refugee and migration crisis. The UN refugee agency also...
More than one month after Cyclone Komen, some impacted people remain homeless
PONNAGYUN, Myanmar, Sept 21 (UNHCR)–More than one month on from the collapse of their home in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, Ma Nge and her 10-year-old son remain homeless. The strong winds created by Cyclone Komen had felled a nearby palm tree, causing it to fall...
Another weekend of tragedy marks the Mediterranean, with up to 40 refugees dead
LESVOS, Greece, Sept. 20 (UNHCR)—UNHCR staff on Sunday were caring for survivors of two separate weekend incidents involving boats carrying refugees and migrants between Turkey and Greece that left some 40 people dead or missing. Early Sunday, a dinghy reportedly...
Time running out to resolve refugee emergency in Europe
GENEVA, Sept 18 (UNHCR) –Following yesterday's mayhem on the Serbian border with Croatia, which has closed some entry points, the UN refugee agency today issued a stark warning that time was running out for Europe to resolve the current refugee crisis. UNHCR blamed...
UNHCR urges Europe to change course on refugee crisis
UNHCR reiterates its deep conviction that only a united European emergency response can address the present refugee and migration crisis. Individual measures by individual countries will not solve the problem but will make an already chaotic situation worse, further...
UNHCR thanks the Government of New Brunswick, Northwest Territories and Ontario for their unprecedented contributions to the Syrian refugee crisis
OTTAWA, Sept. 16, 2015 (UNHCR) – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Canada thanks the People and the Governments of New Brunswick, Northwest Territories and Ontario for their financial contributions in support of UNHCR's relief...
Robust, coherent Europe response to refugee crisis still urgently needed
GENEVA, Sept 15 (UNHCR) –Reiterating its call for a robust and coherent European response to the current refugee crisis, the UN refugee agency today expressed deep disappointment that European Union member states failed to reach agreement over a wider relocation plan...
Mediterranean: another weekend of Tragedy
GENEVA, Sept 15 (UNHCR) –Tragedy marked the Mediterranean again last weekend as two more boats capsized in Greek waters, killing 39 people, including 15 children and four babies. The boats, which capsized on Saturday and Sunday off the coast of Farmakonisi and Samos,...
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