UNHCR issues latest guidance against penalization of asylum …
WEB5 days ago · UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued its latest legal guidance today on the way States should treat asylum-seekers who arrive at their borders in an irregular way. Under Article 31 of the Refugee Convention, States are prohibited from penalizing asylum-seekers and refugees merely because they have entered a country irregularly, if …
Tent Partnership and UNHCR join forces to help refugees into …
WEB6 days ago · In Geneva: Mel Paramasivan: paramasi@unhcr.org, +41 79 526 59 48. Share. NEW YORK – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has signed a new agreement with the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent) to work together to connect refugees with employment opportunities, including with over 400 companies in Tent’s network across the Americas …
UNHCR: Attacks on civilians pile fresh misery on Lebanon
WEB5 days ago · In Amman: Rula Amin, aminr@unhcr.org, +962 (0) 790 045 849. In Geneva, Matthew Saltmarsh, saltmars@unhcr.org, +41 79 967 99 36. Share. Five days into the most violent and wide-reaching attacks Lebanon has experienced in almost two decades, we have now reached what we have been warning against and fearing: a humanitarian …