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News comment by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Denmark’s new law on the transfer of asylum-seekers to third countries
Today, the Danish Parliament approved amendments to the Danish Aliens Act. The amendments will enter into effect if Denmark secures a formal agreement with a third country. This could see the forcible transfer of asylum-seekers and the abdication of Denmark’s...![UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioners conclude four-day visit to Bangladesh](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Bangladesh-UNHCR-Assistance.jpeg)
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioners conclude four-day visit to Bangladesh
Wrapping up today their four-day visit to Bangladesh, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioners for Protection and for Operations – Gillian Triggs and Raouf Mazou – called for international support and solidarity with Rohingya refugees and Bangladesh. The...![UNHCR urges stronger support for refugee vaccinations in Asia](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/news-release-wp-1-1080x675.png)
UNHCR urges stronger support for refugee vaccinations in Asia
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. With COVID-19 raging in many parts of the world, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is...![Apprentices become partners as Afghan refugee and Iranian team up](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Apprentice.jpeg)
Apprentices become partners as Afghan refugee and Iranian team up
After vocational training with UNHCR, auto apprentice Abbas met intern Danial and the two launched their own repair shop employing refugees and locals in Iran’s Shiraz. By Farha Bhoyroo in Shiraz, Iran Spare parts clutter every corner of the auto-repair shop in the...![Stronger international support urgently needed to improve access to higher education for young refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Higher-Education-young-refugees.jpeg)
Stronger international support urgently needed to improve access to higher education for young refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is launching today a new campaign called Aiming Higher seeking to enable talented refugees to get into higher education by funding their scholarships for university and technical skills training. The fundraising campaign aims to address...![Performers with refugee backgrounds take Eurovision by storm](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Eurovision-story-2021.jpeg)
Performers with refugee backgrounds take Eurovision by storm
Singers with refugee backgrounds are representing Sweden and Russia at this year’s contest, while a ballet dancer, based in the Netherlands, performed during an interval. By Ararat Babayan in Moscow As her performance at the 2021 Eurovision semi-final reached...![UEFA and UNHCR partner to support refugees](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UEFA-and-UNHCR-partnership.jpeg)
UEFA and UNHCR partner to support refugees
UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have this week signed a Cooperation Protocol to support refugee access to sport and enhance social inclusion. The Protocol commits the two organisations to establish long-term...![Pandemic-hit Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis get help to grow food](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rohingya-grow-food.jpeg)
Pandemic-hit Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis get help to grow food
Local marketplaces are helping struggling Bangladeshi farmers sell their produce while rooftop gardens are allowing Rohingya refugees to grow their own food. In Cox’s Bazar, the COVID-19 pandemic has made life even harder for some 880,000 Rohingya refugees living in...![UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi’s message on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/LGBTQ-Bianka.jpeg)