The government has given the green light for new quota refugees. Following the announcement, the Swedish Migration Agency estimates it will be able to provide protection to 350 refugees in 2026. The government’s goal is to accept 900 quota refugees annually.
SwedenFirst "Talang", now a rapping reading ambassador with a stomachache. Gift Blessing felt physically ill when he took part in the latest Pisa survey's reading race among Swedish students. He says this is urgent and that action is needed from all parts of society.
EntertainmentA humanitarian disaster threatens Yemen, which is already severely affected by hardship.
WorldThe UN's refugee agency UNHCR is making drastic cuts due to withdrawn American aid. Between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs will be eliminated.
WorldWhat is a home? That question is posed when provisional refugee accommodations are showcased at the Venice Biennale. It becomes like a patchwork of different building techniques and building forms, says Johan Karlsson from Swedish Better Shelter.
EntertainmentRussia carried out one of the largest air strikes against Kyiv since the invasion began during the night to Thursday – with many deaths and injured people as a result. It was really a quite violent air strike, says Danish Elisabeth Haslund at UNHCR in Kyiv.
WorldHundreds of thousands of people fleeing a raging war end up in perhaps the world's poorest country. Many of them have previously moved in the opposite direction. And soon there will be no help to get. That's what we're seeing now – people are dying, says Joel Andersson, who works for UNHCR in South Sudan.
WorldOver 400 people are feared to have been killed in the latest attacks by paramilitary RSF in the state of North Darfur in Sudan, according to sources at the UN.
WorldMore than 21,600 people have fled from Syria to Lebanon after the wave of violence in western Syria at the beginning of March, according to the UN's refugee agency UNHCR.
WorldEurope has closed the door. The USA is turning its back. Nearly a million people who have fled the war in Sudan are seeking shelter in a shaky neighboring country that is one of the poorest in the world. We cannot leave it to stand alone in the storm, says UNHCR chief Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde.
WorldThe violence in eastern Congo-Kinshasa has forced over 100,000 inhabitants to flee to neighboring countries, reports the UN's refugee agency UNHCR.
WorldEurope has closed the door. The USA is turning its back. Nearly a million people who have fled the war in Sudan are seeking shelter in a shaky neighboring country that is one of the poorest in the world. We cannot leave it to stand alone in the storm, says UNHCR chief Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde.
World600 Nigerians have been deported from Libya. The group was forced to make a dangerous and traumatic journey through the desert, writes The Guardian. The EU is again criticized for the agreement the union has entered into with Libya.
WorldHundreds of thousands of Syrians on the run may return home in the coming months, according to the UN. But for this to happen, political stability and reconstruction of the country are required, says Annika Sandlund at UNHCR. For Syrians to be able to return home, they must have a home to return to.
WorldThe Migration Agency is pausing all cases for Syrians who are currently seeking asylum in Sweden. Syrians who are to be deported will not be sent back either.
SwedenSweden is providing Lebanon with new support of over 80 million kronor. The reason is the critical situation on the ground.
SwedenPeople are seeking shelter on the streets of Beirut and refugees are returning to war-torn Syria. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating dramatically in Lebanon after Israel's bombardment.
WorldThe UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says that the operation in Ukraine is not sufficiently funded and that it may be difficult to help the vulnerable during the winter.
WorldThere is now famine in Sudan, states a UN-affiliated panel. It is the first time in seven years that the panel has stated famine. The war in Sudan is described as the world's largest humanitarian disaster and risks "engulfing the entire region".
WorldThe ongoing war in Sudan has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world in decades, according to the organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Warnings are also coming from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, which states that the risk of famine has risen in the country.
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