http://www.unhcr.se News Feed from the UNHCR´s Baltic and Nordic Office, Stockholm en UNHCR Thu, 17 May 2012 12:57:26 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/typo3conf/ext/n4m_rss/res/unhcr_logo_rss.gif http://www.unhcr.se The Finnish Refugee Council encourages municipalities to receive more refugees. Without a municipality to settle in refugees already selected for resettlement cannot arrive in Finland. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0123b537efe27cf171601d23a5677012/unhcrs-partner-in-finland-pleads-fo.html News Fri, 11 May 2012 16:40:39 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0123b537efe27cf171601d23a5677012/unhcrs-partner-in-finland-pleads-fo.html School youth from all over Sweden were eager to learn more about the trials refugees go through during an event at Skansen 9 May. By playing UNHCR's interactive web-based game, Against All Odds, they walked a mile in the shoes of refugees. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/f869b8945d51a5020f0a1b248e12901b/school-youth-test-unhcrs-refugee.html News Thu, 10 May 2012 16:16:07 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/f869b8945d51a5020f0a1b248e12901b/school-youth-test-unhcrs-refugee.html Exhausted survivors from a boat carrying Somali refugees that landed on one of Malta’s most popular beaches this weekend have told UNHCR that five men and two women aboard perished during the week-long voyage from Libya. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/d1cd8d1b8d43c03fc2ae8bae4d6a52a7/somali-refugee-survivors-land-on-mal.html Press-Release Tue, 08 May 2012 13:34:45 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/d1cd8d1b8d43c03fc2ae8bae4d6a52a7/somali-refugee-survivors-land-on-mal.html Khalid Haji Ahmed, 32, an aspiring politician, was on Utøya Island in Norway on 22 July 2011. That day Anders Breivik opened fire, killing 69 people. Khalid's little brother Ismail Haji Ahmed was among the victims. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/3060d2260f58fd2a00d4d8ba224816ee/refugees-were-also-victims-of-utoeya.html News Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:33:36 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/3060d2260f58fd2a00d4d8ba224816ee/refugees-were-also-victims-of-utoeya.html International donors have pledged an initial sum of more than 300 million Euros towards a programme to provide homes for some 74,000 people displaced in the Balkans during the conflict of the 1990s. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/ce6c8bf18858c5fac4477d07cc2b2812/donors-pledge-more-than-300-million.html News Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:42:09 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/ce6c8bf18858c5fac4477d07cc2b2812/donors-pledge-more-than-300-million.html Bulgaria and Moldova have become the latest states to accede to the international conventions on statelessness. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/3aac9628325c92cf7bdc29305746e5ef/bulgaria-moldova-accede-to-stateles.html Press-Release Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:39:15 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/3aac9628325c92cf7bdc29305746e5ef/bulgaria-moldova-accede-to-stateles.html 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. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/ecd76d3f23c31cd1c0ec8b8c06669e6b/donors-gather-in-sarajevo-to-support.html Press-Release Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:24:45 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/ecd76d3f23c31cd1c0ec8b8c06669e6b/donors-gather-in-sarajevo-to-support.html 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. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/9a6829accdbc36f98183dc65cfca310c/35000-newly-displaced-near-sudan-so.html Press-Release Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:10:28 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/9a6829accdbc36f98183dc65cfca310c/35000-newly-displaced-near-sudan-so.html 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. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/b01c6614c410169d4bc301effce57bd3/unhcr-paper-urges-hungary-to-improve.html Press-Release Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:51:52 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/b01c6614c410169d4bc301effce57bd3/unhcr-paper-urges-hungary-to-improve.html One month after the United Nations and its humanitarian partners issued an appeal for US$84 million to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, less than twenty per cent of the funds have been given. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/a3ac3647eb10c57d1783e9462a1a5a49/unhcr-warns-of-funding-shortfall-for.html Press-Release Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:06:50 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/a3ac3647eb10c57d1783e9462a1a5a49/unhcr-warns-of-funding-shortfall-for.html UNHCR is pleased to announce today that Angelina Jolie will take on a new and expanded role for the UN refugee agency as Special Envoy of High Commissioner António Guterres. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/8d7bc548bb39f5875fd32638f226c3aa/angelina-jolie-appointed-as-special.html Press-Release Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:50:43 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/8d7bc548bb39f5875fd32638f226c3aa/angelina-jolie-appointed-as-special.html UNHCR on Wednesday launched the first flight in an expanded programme of visits for long-separated Sahrawi families in the Tindouf camps of Algeria and in Western Sahara Territory. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/bc381f7db6a5f100b9c733003fdd340f/unhcr-launches-first-flight-in-expan.html Press-Release Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:43:59 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/bc381f7db6a5f100b9c733003fdd340f/unhcr-launches-first-flight-in-expan.html The story of eight Palestinian refugees resettling in Iceland becomes a bestseller. These women had lived in the make-shift camp Al-Waleed in Iraq and were resettled with the help of UNHCR. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/855e97df7d7ac70a6ee0c0566606fdd6/a-second-chance-in-iceland-no-on.html News Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:05:14 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/855e97df7d7ac70a6ee0c0566606fdd6/a-second-chance-in-iceland-no-on.html The siege of Sarajevo began 20 years ago. Lasting nearly four years, it became one of the most dramatic events of the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0cdac07e5ea9428568272852ad99b928/-00d9ffd109.html News Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:39:36 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0cdac07e5ea9428568272852ad99b928/-00d9ffd109.html UNHCR is deeply concerned by the deteriorating political and security situation in Mali, where thousands of people continue to flee their homes. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/714195a9d12c7fee2b4134ee48ec9959/unhcr-deeply-concerned-as-mali-crisi.html Press-Release Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:17:59 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/714195a9d12c7fee2b4134ee48ec9959/unhcr-deeply-concerned-as-mali-crisi.html In both Denmark and Finland the number of asylum claims drops significantly in 2011. Norway and Sweden experiences somewhat lower drops. The opposite trend was seen in the Baltic countries and Iceland. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/582b917808cfc77772cef5803499745d/asylum-rates-sharply-up-in-the-balti.html News Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:26:45 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/582b917808cfc77772cef5803499745d/asylum-rates-sharply-up-in-the-balti.html Recurrent fighting in the disputed Lake Jau area is fueling concerns about the safety of Sudanese refugees in nearby Yida settlement. Our concerns are heightened by clashes reported yesterday between the national armies of Sudan and South Sudan in Lake Jau and other border areas. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/bf484bbb5bfe17bc196405748cf92ec3/border-insecurity-increasing-concern.html Press-Release Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:49:29 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/bf484bbb5bfe17bc196405748cf92ec3/border-insecurity-increasing-concern.html An estimated 441,300 asylum claims were recorded last year compared to 368,000 in 2010. The report covers 44 countries. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/933beb6f243c6022193eb0bb550ab820/unhcr-asylum-rates-sharply-up-but-1.html News Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:45:12 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/933beb6f243c6022193eb0bb550ab820/unhcr-asylum-rates-sharply-up-but-1.html In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania combined, the number of asylum-seekers increased with 78 per cent, from around 460 in 2010 to nearly 820 in 2011. Despite the record high numbers, the number of asylum-seekers remained very low compared to the other industrialized countries included in this report. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/73756b139b8e2b52ab2923e12795fa9c/unhcr-asylum-rates-sharply-up-but.html Press-Release Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:06:58 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/73756b139b8e2b52ab2923e12795fa9c/unhcr-asylum-rates-sharply-up-but.html A report released today by the UN refugee agency on asylum in industrialized countries shows that new conflicts and a rising outflow from older crisis spots such as Afghanistan together contributed to a 20 per cent rise in asylum claims in 2011. The opposite trend was seen in the Nordics (except Iceland). http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/e82902412163027752ca5891669ad647/unhcr-asylum-rates-sharply-up-also.html Press-Release Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:06:58 +0200 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/e82902412163027752ca5891669ad647/unhcr-asylum-rates-sharply-up-also.html Twenty years ago, when Bosnia-Herzegovina descended into civil war, Tarik Demirovic, was faced with a stark choice: stay in the city he loved but risk his family's survival, or escape to a country he did not know and try to start anew. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/14ef8a85f2e8a7d72625709dae94785d/when-the-soldiers-come-into-your-apa.html News Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:25:14 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/14ef8a85f2e8a7d72625709dae94785d/when-the-soldiers-come-into-your-apa.html The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are today issuing an appeal for US$84 million to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq. The Syria Regional Response Plan outlines the response needs for Syrian refugees who have fled the country since March 2011, as well as anticipating the needs of future arrivals. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0653d44da75c4c996ee8656fb0fb3ca2/-258737a1ff.html Press-Release Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:43:02 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/0653d44da75c4c996ee8656fb0fb3ca2/-258737a1ff.html Every week more than 100 people wait for hours overnight outside a police building in Athens, hoping to apply for asylum. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/921dbc159b6e0f436509d5ecad324541/dozens-queue-every-week-in-athens-to.html News Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:04:00 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/921dbc159b6e0f436509d5ecad324541/dozens-queue-every-week-in-athens-to.html Joka päivä sota, konfliktit ja ihmisoikeusrikkomukset pakottavat ihmisiä pakenemaan kodeistaan ja etsimään turvaa muualta. Enemmistö maailman pakolaisista on paennut lähtömaidensa naapurimaihin, ja näin ollen kolme neljäsosaa pakolaisista asuu kehitysmaissa. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/7ceea1245466ed0601223030d8edafa8/unhcr-suomen-tuki-pakolaisille-olen.html Press-Release Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:39:29 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/7ceea1245466ed0601223030d8edafa8/unhcr-suomen-tuki-pakolaisille-olen.html Every day, war, conflict and human rights abuses are forcing families to flee their homes and seek protection elsewhere. http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/de5c256363d4dbb2c1c66265b6a18360/unhcr-finlands-support-to-refu.html News Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:24:09 +0100 http://www.unhcr.se/en/media/artikel/de5c256363d4dbb2c1c66265b6a18360/unhcr-finlands-support-to-refu.html