Liberia. © UNHCR/Eduard Compte Verdaguer

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Torsdag den 26. november 2009

Norges justisminister besøkte UNHCR

Den 26. november 2009 besøkte Norges justisminister Knut Storberget og hans medarbeidere UNHCRs regionkontor i Stockholm.

Pressemelding tirsdag den 15. september 2009

Nansenprisen til senator Edward Kennedy

FNs høykommissær for flyktninger (UNHCR) gir i år Nansenprisen til avdøde senator Edward Kennedy for hans uttrettelige arbeid for flyktningers rettigheter gjennom mer enn 45 år.

Fredag den 20. mars 2009

‘Refugees at our doorstep:
- Why are they here?’

UNHCR launches article competition for journalism students

“Illegal migrants from Africa arrive on the shores of Europe, many are feared drowned”. A news headline of our times. But are they all ‘illegal migrants’? Is it not possible that some of them flee war and persecution? That among them there are asylum seekers? Does the media reporting simply echo political and public attitudes or do the journalists lack knowledge of the complex phenomenon called ‘mixed migration’?