http://www.unhcr.se News Feed from the UNHCR´s Baltic and Nordic Office, Stockholm en UNHCR Fri, 24 May 2013 03:23:15 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/typo3conf/ext/n4m_rss/res/unhcr_logo_rss.gif http://www.unhcr.se UNHCR would like to thank the Norwegian Government for its generous donation of NOK 60 million (USD 10.3 million) to help Syrian refugees. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/5405bc1eddb4099ca7089418656b0032/norway-donates-nok-60-million-to-hel-1.html News Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/5405bc1eddb4099ca7089418656b0032/norway-donates-nok-60-million-to-hel-1.html UNHCR would like to thank the Norwegian Government for its generous donation of NOK 60 million (USD 10.3 million) to help Syrian refugees. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/102c4a796e9f9d5a58e28fd4bf53de65/norway-donates-nok-60-million-to-hel.html News Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/102c4a796e9f9d5a58e28fd4bf53de65/norway-donates-nok-60-million-to-hel.html The number of Syrian refugees who have now left their country has surpassed 1.5 million. The Syrian conflict continues to have a devastating impact on the lives of those who are forced to flee. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/705a90cbb0a4f3e83d0864e5ef0281d9/syria-refugee-numbers-cross-15-mill.html News Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/705a90cbb0a4f3e83d0864e5ef0281d9/syria-refugee-numbers-cross-15-mill.html As part of the international community’s emergency response to Syria, Lithuania has donated LTL 70,000 (USD 26,237) to UNHCR to assist and protect Syrian refugees. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/6e4ff5f0c2fa8c4d89565157caac7eb0/lithuania-donates-to-unhcr-to-help-s.html News Tue, 07 May 2013 15:03:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/6e4ff5f0c2fa8c4d89565157caac7eb0/lithuania-donates-to-unhcr-to-help-s.html UNHCR's advisory on returns stresses that under current circumstances many people fleeing Central African Republic are likely to meet international criteria for refugee status. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/93e7b6036461349393abe21055fee5a9/unhcr-urges-governments-against-forc.html News Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:52:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/93e7b6036461349393abe21055fee5a9/unhcr-urges-governments-against-forc.html A UN refugee agency report released on Friday warns that the Syria refugee crisis is increasingly straining health services in surrounding countries, while refugees are facing increasing difficulties in accessing the quality treatment they need – particularly those with chronic and other costly health conditions. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/3e93b8bfdb96ad33e5321ac0e328f1f3/unhcr-report-says-syrian-influx-stra.html News Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:31:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/3e93b8bfdb96ad33e5321ac0e328f1f3/unhcr-report-says-syrian-influx-stra.html UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, warned the United Nations Security Council today that without an end to the fighting soon, almost half of Syria's 20.8 million people could be in need of humanitarian help by the end of this year. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/59f1826fdbc88aee259d164bc8919be5/unhcr-chief-warns-security-council-o.html News Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:15:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/59f1826fdbc88aee259d164bc8919be5/unhcr-chief-warns-security-council-o.html Over the past ten days, an average of three hundred Syrian refugees have been returning home from Jordan each day to villages close to the border in the governorate of Daraa. A sizeable part of this governorate remains a battleground, and UNHCR fears for the safety of the returnees, the vast majority being families. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/db048c2fe133883062689f1ce26c27c8/unhcr-fears-for-returning-syrian-ref.html News Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:47:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/db048c2fe133883062689f1ce26c27c8/unhcr-fears-for-returning-syrian-ref.html In southeastern Chad, UNHCR staff are reporting the arrival of some 50,000 refugees from southwestern Darfur during the last week. During the last two months, clashes have now displaced over 74,000 people into Chad including Sudanese and Chadians - who lived as refugees in the conflict zone. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/053ba02a4c7ff08ac0da6733ff7891dc/recent-tribal-clashes-in-darfur-disp-1.html News Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:33:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/053ba02a4c7ff08ac0da6733ff7891dc/recent-tribal-clashes-in-darfur-disp-1.html The UN refugee agency reports that the number of civilians fleeing instability in Central African Republic has risen to almost 40,000 and people continue to cross borders and seek shelter in neighbouring countries. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/a9969b86396180bccf9d431539c011d8/number-of-refugees-from-central-afri-1.html News Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:41:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/a9969b86396180bccf9d431539c011d8/number-of-refugees-from-central-afri-1.html UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today applauded the approval on Tuesday by the UN General Assembly of a global arms trade treaty. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/451504e3bfae80b8f384b0469e7a165a/un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-we.html News Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:42:00 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/451504e3bfae80b8f384b0469e7a165a/un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-we.html Today, UNHCR releases the report Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2012. 479,300 claims were registered across the 44 countries surveyed in the report. This is the highest annual total since 2003. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0f1470770ada8123f12031d47cb52504/unhcr-syria-conflict-contributing-t.html News Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:47:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0f1470770ada8123f12031d47cb52504/unhcr-syria-conflict-contributing-t.html On the second anniversary of the start of the Syria conflict, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, retirates his call for governments to create special funds to support Syrian refugees. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/1483c103cf583f0977d1133942b23268/un-refugee-chief-warns-of-dire-conse-1.html News Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:54:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/1483c103cf583f0977d1133942b23268/un-refugee-chief-warns-of-dire-conse-1.html In Turkey, the High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, has met with urban and camp refugees in the Gazantiep region and government officials. He is also travelling to Jordan and Lebanon. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/f82b6eb192230439d1d1c3dff1b33800/high-commissioner-for-refugees-in-sy-1.html News Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:07:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/f82b6eb192230439d1d1c3dff1b33800/high-commissioner-for-refugees-in-sy-1.html For International Women’s Day UNHCR has published a report on female genital mutilation (FGM) and asylum. The report provides a statistical overview of different aspects of FGM and asylum in EU member states, and will be presented before the European Parliament today, 8 March. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/a78704121c467c4a45c4d1870aabf865/unhcr-releases-report-on-fgm-and-the.html News Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:41:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/a78704121c467c4a45c4d1870aabf865/unhcr-releases-report-on-fgm-and-the.html Data received from UNHCR’s offices in the Syria region shows that the number of Syrians either registered as refugees or being assisted as such has now reached the one million mark. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/318ee8bf4eba6a4d0d2f7d19c98daec6/unhcrs-guterres-syria-refugees-r-1.html News Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:50:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/318ee8bf4eba6a4d0d2f7d19c98daec6/unhcrs-guterres-syria-refugees-r-1.html UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres warns that a "moment of truth" is approaching in Syria and that the international community must not allow the situation to deteriorate further. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/54868c066bab73fc8f09cc4ea263c3e9/unhcr-warns-of-humanitarian-cost-of.html News Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:32:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/54868c066bab73fc8f09cc4ea263c3e9/unhcr-warns-of-humanitarian-cost-of.html UNHCR has received an amazing 9 million from the Swedish Postcode Lottery at the annual beneficiary event at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/384e47ec3755b318e6b720124c2e4291/9-million-sek-donated-from-swedish-p.html News Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:40:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/384e47ec3755b318e6b720124c2e4291/9-million-sek-donated-from-swedish-p.html Outside the cold winter winds are blowing. Inside the concert halls in Stockholm and Vilnius, the air is full of warmth. Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars has come to town. UNHCR is there to show its support. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/113bf400c0d67c03950f44a8d05f0164/unhcr-and-sierra-leone-refugee-all-s.html News Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:55:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/113bf400c0d67c03950f44a8d05f0164/unhcr-and-sierra-leone-refugee-all-s.html Iceland contributes with US$ 51,000 to UNHCR to help Syrian refugees during severe winter conditions. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/ee8f129f5d6b4db59881b3edc43672bc/iceland-supports-unhcr-with-isk-65.html News Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:29:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/ee8f129f5d6b4db59881b3edc43672bc/iceland-supports-unhcr-with-isk-65.html Finnish Minister of Interior visits the world’s second largest refugee camp in Ethiopia to meet with refugees and explore ways of supporting them. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/1955c75f590c9b2c6d2f23ae156959a5/finnish-minister-visits-refugee-camp.html News Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:56:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/1955c75f590c9b2c6d2f23ae156959a5/finnish-minister-visits-refugee-camp.html The band of former refugees met in a refugee camp in Guinea. They are now on a European tour that will bring them to the Nordic and Baltic countries. Their music is a celebration of life even in the most difficult of circumstances. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/1d90e9edc44bda37dfbca4fda49997d0/sierra-leones-refugee-all-stars-tou.html News Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:48:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/1d90e9edc44bda37dfbca4fda49997d0/sierra-leones-refugee-all-stars-tou.html Diar and his family are among almost 60,000 Syrian refugees who have arrived in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq since the Syrian conflict started in March 2011. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/340f45c45f5bad5d2141e9fb45f73575/syrians-tailoring-skill-suits-the-n.html News Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:24:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/340f45c45f5bad5d2141e9fb45f73575/syrians-tailoring-skill-suits-the-n.html "We are delighted that the European Union has chosen to support the most vulnerable victims of a crisis that does not make the headlines very often," said High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/7ee8088070ff48b0a278944f8c5e1854/unhcr-hails-eu-decision-to-donate-no.html News Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:07:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/7ee8088070ff48b0a278944f8c5e1854/unhcr-hails-eu-decision-to-donate-no.html The current crises in Syria, Mali, DRC and Sudan, have put a high pressure on UNHCR's operations and many long-standing refugee operations remain underfunded. Norway's contributions will support UNHCR operations in Africa, Iran and Colombia. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/9b5fbf9bb50c633fa2c31fc77ed6e864/norway-supports-unhcr-with-nok-64-mi.html News Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:43:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/9b5fbf9bb50c633fa2c31fc77ed6e864/norway-supports-unhcr-with-nok-64-mi.html