After Paris attacks, refugees should not be turned into scapegoats
GENEVA, Nov 17 (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency has expressed its shock and horror at the attacks in Paris and the killing of so many innocent people, and cautioned against the scapegoating of refugees. UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has conveyed his...UNHCR hails Canada’s pledge to take another 25,000 Syria refugees
UNHCR today welcomed the announcement by the Government of Canada to take in a further 25,000 Syrian refugees through humanitarian admission programmes by the end of 2015. “This is a huge gesture of solidarity with the Syrian people and the countries...
First asylum-seekers relocate from Greece to Luxembourg
ATHENS, Greece, Nov 4 (UNHCR)—It was the crack of dawn when 30 asylum-seekers from Syria and Iraq gathered around the departure gate at Athens International Airport on Wednesday, bound for a new life in a new land. The atmosphere was full of expectation. Some could...