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UNHCR ends call for general suspension on Dublin returns to Bulgaria due to improvements in asylum system, but issues warning regarding vulnerable persons

Date: 
04/23/2014

In their April 2014 update of UNHCR Observations on the Current Situation of Asylum in Bulgaria, UNHCR concludes that ‘a general suspension of all Dublin transfers to Bulgaria is no longer justified’. However, ‘UNHCR notes that serious gaps in the system still remain, and that there may be reasons not to transfer certain groups or individuals, in particular those with specific needs or vulnerabilities’. UNHCR encourages states to conduct individual assessments in these cases.

UNHCR recommends implementation of Durable Solutions Process for refugees from Croatia displaced by the 91-95 conflict, including cessation of refugee status

Date: 
04/11/2014

Almost 20 years after the end of the 1991-95 conflict in the former Yugoslavia, UNHCR has recommended the cessation process for refugees from Croatia to commence.

Parliamentary Assembly Migration Committee: Reports on young migrants, IDP collective centres, the right of refugees to work and Europe’s resettlement commitment

Date: 
03/22/2014

The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved on 13 March 2014 four reports entitled ‘Migrant children: what rights at 18?’, ‘Alternatives to Europe’s sub-standard IDP and refugee collective centres’,

UNHCR launches updated Protection Manual

Date: 
03/22/2014

The Protection Manual is UNHCR's repository of all their protection policy and guidance, and collates hyperlinks to UNHCR’s publications on all topics within their mandate.

New UNHCR Position Paper on Violence against Women and Girls in the European Union who are Persons of Concern to UNHCR

Date: 
03/22/2014

In a position paper on gender-based violence against women and girls who are refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons and others in need of international protection, UNHCR calls on the EU to adopt a broad policy framework for tackling such violence beyond existing actions. The EU and Member States are asked by UNHCR to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women.

UNHCR: International Protection Considerations related to developments in Ukraine

Date: 
03/12/2014

In light of recent unrest and violence in Ukraine in late 2013 and early 2014, UNHCR has published a Note calling on States to remove Ukraine from their ‘safe country of origin’ lists. Applicants for international protection from a designated ‘safe country of origin’ may be dealt with in an accelerated procedure with reduced safeguards.

New UNHCR Guidance Note on safeguards against irregular removal of refugees and asylum-seekers

Date: 
03/12/2014

The Note concerns the unlawful or irregular removal of refugees or asylum seekers from their host States, particularly in the context of mutual assistance in criminal matters or cooperation on security issues. UNHCR first explains the principle of non-refoulement in pending expulsion and extradition cases and then sets out eight measures that States have adopted to prevent the irregular removal of refugees and asylum seekers.

UNHCR publishes Guidelines on Temporary Protection and Stay Arrangements

Date: 
03/03/2014

On 14 February UNHCR published their Guidelines on Temporary Protection or Stay Arrangements (TPSAs). The provision of TPSAs is ‘an appropriate multilateral protection response to humanitarian crises, including large-scale influxes, and complex or mixed population movements, particularly in situations where existing responses are not suited or adequate’. It is ‘a form of protection that provides immediate protection from refoulement and basic minimum treatment’.

ENS and UNHCR Conference in Strasbourg on protection of Stateless Persons in Europe

Date: 
03/03/2014

A conference entitled ‘Stateless but not Rightless: Improving the Protection of Stateless Persons in Europe’ will be held on 8 April 2014 in the Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg. The conference is organised jointly by the European Network on Statelessness and the UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions.

UNHCR calls on States to suspend forcible returns to South Sudan

Date: 
02/24/2014

In a position published on 11 February 2014, UNHCR calls for a suspension of forcible returns to South Sudan until the security situation has improved. UNHCR also advises that many fleeing South Sudan are likely to qualify for refugee status. The position has been adopted in view of the political and ethnic conflict in the country since December 2013.

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