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Insecurity, economic crisis, abuse and exploitation in Libya push refugees and migrants to Europe, new study reveals.
news UNHCR, 03 Jul 2017 (6 years ago )A study of mixed refugee and migrant flows by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has found that around half of those travelling to Libya do so believing they can find jobs there, but end up fleeing onwards to Europe to escape life-threatening insecurity, instability, difficult economic conditions plus wi... -
Europe: new Roadmap to improve the situation of unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children
news UNHCR - UNICEF - IRC, 10 Jul 2017 (6 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and IRC, the International Rescue Committee, today issued a Roadmap for action to improve the situation of refugee and migrant children arriving and staying in Europe without their parents or care givers. The Roadmap highlights the need to identify children, re... -
UNHCR seeks support for alternatives to dangerous refugee journeys
news UNHCR, 18 Jul 2017 (6 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for US$421.2 million to help provide meaningful alternatives to refugees and others undertaking dangerous journeys to Europe. The number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe from Africa through Libya is increasing and, with it, the risks they face c... -
As Europe refugee and migrant arrivals fall, reports of abuses, deaths persist
news UNHCR, 24 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )A newly compiled report by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, shows a decline in the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe in the first half of 2017. However, without legal means available to them many are still resorting to being transported by ruthless people-smuggling and trafficking netw... -
Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the Paris meeting of 28 August
news UNHCR, 28 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )"UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes commitments made today at the Paris meeting on migration and asylum. I am encouraged by the announcement of a comprehensive plan of action that will support long-term solutions to the complex issue of mixed migration and help address its root causes, in clo... -
Statement by the UN Refugee Agency on two-year anniversary of death of Alan Kurdi
news UNHCR, 31 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )Nearly two years after the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi was found on a Turkish beach, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges the international community to take robust action to prevent more tragedies. Although the number of arrivals in Europe has drastically decreased s... -
News comment from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme*
news UNHCR, 06 Sep 2017 (6 years ago )“Today’s decision by the Court of Justice of the EU on the relocation scheme sends a very strong signal on the importance of solidarity and responsibility sharing among EU Member States. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has been continuously advocating for a prompt implementation of the EU relocation ... -
UNHCR urges action to ease conditions on Greek islands
news UNHCR, 08 Sep 2017 (6 years ago )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. 08 September 2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by the deteriorating situation on Greece’s eastern Aegean is... -
Central Mediterranean situation: UNHCR calls for an additional 40,000 resettlement places
news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2017 (6 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called today for an additional 40,000 resettlement places to be made available for refugees located in 15 priority countries* along the Central Mediterranean route. “These 40,000 resettlement places, which will complement already existing commitments, will be crucial t... -
UNHCR steps up efforts towards alternatives to detention in Libya and solutions for vulnerable refugees
news UNHCR, 12 Sep 2017 (6 years ago )Libya remains one of the most complex mixed migration situations in the world, with refugees traveling alongside migrants through perilous routes, surviving dangerous desert crossings and abuses that include sexual violence, torture, detention in inhumane conditions and abductions for ransom. All th...