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Highlights from UNHCR country offices in Europe

Panel at Press Conference in Athens on Tuesday, 23 April 2024

UNHCR Greece: Racist Violence Recording Network – Patterns of Racist Violence in Greece, 2023

The Network’s twelfth Annual Report, covering the period from January to December 2023, recorded, through interviews with victims, 158 incidents of racist violence. Of these, 89 targeted migrants, refugees or asylum-seekers, while 61 targeted LGBTQI+ individuals.

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In Kharkiv region, where residential areas and energy facilities are continuously attacked, damaged and destroyed, UNHCR has delivered substantial quantities of construction materials to the cities of Kharkiv and Izium.

UNHCR Ukraine: Supporting repairs of multistorey buildings, UNHCR helps families become eligible for the state compensation programme

In Kharkiv city and Izium, UNHCR has provided construction materials to local authorities to support repairs of common areas in 45 damaged residential buildings.

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A group of refugee and migrant women participate in the Women's Race in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, March 2023.

UNHCR Spain: Refugee women in the Women's Race - Running for Life

Mar, Viktoriia and Carolina participated in the Women's RaceLink is external 2023. They are three refugee women from three different countries, Colombia, Ukraine, and Honduras, who ran from three cities in Spain that form almost an equilateral triangle: A Coruña, Barcelona and Malaga.

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What role does UNHCR play in Europe?

UNHCR works to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless people and internally displaced persons by providing guidance and support to governments across Europe, collaborating closely with partners, and promoting the best international standards in legislation, policy and procedures.

As the custodian of the 1951 Refugee Convention, UNHCR supports efforts by governments and other stakeholders to ensure access to asylum and to international protection for refugees and asylum-seekers, as well as promoting durable solutions. UNHCR works to strengthen partnerships with state and non-state actors in order to ensure the inclusion of refugees, to garner support for both refugees and the communities hosting them, as well as enhancing joint advocacy efforts in the spirit of the Global Compact on Refugees.

With a Regional Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland, and office presence in 36 European countries, UNHCR is covering 49 States, including 27 EU Member States, and one territory in the Europe region.

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