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The approach of winter threatens thousands of displaced Ukrainians
Friday 5, December 2014 KHARKIV, Ukraine, December 4 (UNHCR) – Dozens of shivering and anxious men, women and children cluster in front of a special building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. “I heard they are distributing winter...
Housing programme to help Bosnians rebuild two decades after the war
Wednesday 3, December 2014 USTIKOLINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 2 (UNHCR)– In 1992, Zenid Guta was only a teenager when war forced him to flee the remote village of Ustikolina, tucked in the Drina Valley of eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. When...
Bulgarians urged to “see refugees through new eyes” in media campaign
Monday 24, November 2014 SOFIA, Bulgaria, November 24 (UNHCR) – It’s something nearly every Bulgarian can identify with: a lonely young man, far from home, writing a letter to his mother. “I just wish this emptiness would go away; not everyone...
Human Stories
Hungary sees need for better integration as more refugees stay
Thursday 28, July 2005 BUDAPEST, July 28 (UNHCR) – “I know that I came by my own decision. Hungary did not invite me to come. So I cannot ask for too much, but a little kick would help our integration a lot,” says Arkan Al-Hassani*, an Iraqi refugee...