Donors gather in Sarajevo to support regional efforts to end displacement
Press Release
24.04.2012
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is in Sarajevo this morning where he is attending an international donor conference aimed at generating funds to support the housing needs of the region’s 74,000 highly vulnerable refugees, returnees and displaced people.
35,000 newly displaced near Sudan-South Sudan border
Press Release
24.04.2012
The recent fighting near the border between Sudan and South Sudan has displaced some 35,000 people in areas around Heglig, Talodi and other parts of South Kordofan, according to our partners there. UNHCR does not have access to the areas in question, but we are channeling aid through local agencies.
UNHCR paper urges Hungary to improve treatment of asylum seekers
Press Release
24.04.2012
UNHCR is today releasing a position paper on the protection environment for refugees and asylum-seekers in Hungary, in response to requests from governments in other European Union states who face legal challenges against returns to Hungary under Dublin II arrangements.