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UNHCR, 12 Apr 2017
BRUSSELS, Belgium - UNICEF and UNHCR today welcome a new policy guidance from the European Commission as an important milestone for the protection of migrant and refugee children. “It is the first EU policy to address the situation and rights of all children in migration – refugee and migrant child... Read more
UNHCR, 10 Apr 2017
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today called for a temporary suspension of all transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary from other European States under the Dublin Regulation. The Dublin regulation is an EU instrument that determines which European State is responsible for examining an asylum seeker’s a... Read more
UNHCR, 29 Mar 2017
News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened at the news of another shipwreck in the Mediterranean, which may have left up to 146 people dead or missing. This morning in Lampedusa,... Read more
UNHCR, 27 Mar 2017
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today that joint efforts and strengthened cooperation are crucial to improving the situation for asylum-seekers and refugees in Greece and issued eight recommendations* to help ensure a sustainable refugee response in the country. “UNHCR is fully engaged in findin... Read more
UNHCR, 07 Mar 2017
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR is deeply concerned at a new law which has been voted this morning at the Hungarian Parliament and which foresees ... Read more
| UNHCR and UNICEF welcome the call made by the European Commission to Member States to increase resettlement and other legal pathways for children to safely reach Europe. | |
| 12 Apr 2017 | |
| UNHCR and UNICEF hope that new EU guidelines will be concrete contribution to the protection of the many children who arrive to Europe after having been forced to flee their homes due to violence, war and conflict. | |
| 12 Apr 2017 | |
| Physical barriers and restrictive policies in Hungary have resulted in effectively denying access to territory and asylum for those in need of international protection. | |
| 10 Apr 2017 | |
| Latest shipwreck in the Mediterranean comes as a stark reminder of the vital importance of robust search and rescue capacities. | |
| 29 Mar 2017 | |
| Saving lives at sea must remain key priority. UNHCR commends the action of the Italian Coast Guard in coordination with Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. | |
| 29 Mar 2017 | |
| NGOs provide additional and much needed rescue capacity. In 2016, 26 per cent of all rescue operations in the central Mediterranean were performed by NGOs, more than twice than the previous year. | |
| 29 Mar 2017 |
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| Migration flows - Europe | |
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| Mixed Migration Hub - North Africa | |
| The MHub is the public platform of the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force, a joint initiative of UNHCR, DRC, IOM, OHCHR, RMMS and UNODC. | |
| UNHCR Spain website | |
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| Malta Asylum trends | |
| Statistics and Analysis of Asylum Applications and Decisions - Malta | |
| Syria Regional Refugee Response Inter-agency Information Sharing Portal | |
| Statistics, Analysis and Reports about Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt and North Africa | |
| Filippo Grandi: Data is at the heart good decision-making | |
| UNHCR Education in Emergencies | |
| International Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) | |
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| UNHCR Italy | |
| Greece as a Country of Asylum | |
| UNHCR Observations on the Current Situation of Asylum in Greece - December 2014 | |
| Syria Regional Refugee Response Inter-agency Information Sharing Portal | |
| Statistics, Analysis and Reports about Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt and North Africa | |
| Somali Displacement Crisis Information Sharing Portal- Refugees in the Horn of Africa | |
| Statistics, Analysis and Reports on Somali Displacement in Africa | |
| Malta Asylum Trends | |
| Statistics and Analysis of Asylum Applications and Decisions - Malta |