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UNHCR begins Face-to-Face fundraising in Sweden As autumn temperatures drop and the long Nordic summer days give way to darker skies a team of dedicated and passionate face-to-face fundraisers, dressed in the signature blue of UNHCR, are doing their best to brighten up the Swedish capital. Their

UNHCR ceremony honours Yemeni aid group and Angelina Jolie News article The UN refugee agency paid lavish tribute on Monday night to award-winning American actress Angelina Jolie and Yemeni humanitarian aid group Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS) for their outstanding work for refugees

LEGO Opens door to a colorful world for refugee children in India News article NEW DELHI – Three-year-old Omran is excited about the house he’s made with new LEGO toys. “My house has a door and a window,” he exclaims from the floor of a crèche in South Delhi supported by the UN refugee

UNHCR Launches TV Appeal in October If you watch TV in Sweden in the month of October you might happen to see short ads for UNHCR aired during the breaks. That’s because UNHCR is running a DRTV campaign to raise awareness and raise funds for our emergency work. We thought you might have questions

A new life in Finland A new and unknown life in Finland awaits Ruti, a 71-year-old refugee from Myanmar, who has spent the past 14 years together with his wife Pote in Tham Hin, a UNHCR assisted refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border. Soon, before the harsh Nordic winter sets in, these grandparents

UNHCR has studied quality of Swedish asylum decision-making UNHCR Regional Office for Baltic and Nordic countries has just finished a two-year study of the quality of the Swedish asylum decision-making, conducted in cooperation with the Swedish Migration Board (SMB), and financed through the European

Yemeni NGO to receive Nansen Refugee Award for life-saving work News story The UN refugee agency announced today that its annual Nansen Refugee Award will honour a Yemen-based non-governmental organization, the Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS), for its life-saving work with refugees and

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Monthly Donation - daniela test The best way to support refugees is by making a monthly gift to the UN Refugee Agency. By giving on a monthly basis you will help ensure that refugees get the vital protection and assistance they need year round.