Call for Applications to Write Leaflet on Protection

The UNHCR Regional Representation for Central Europe calls interested applicants to submit proposals to write a Leaflet on Asylum and Statelessness Procedures in Hungary. Interested applicants can download terms of reference here.

World Refugee Day
June 20, 2008

World Refugee Day is a salute to the indomitable spirit and courage of the world's refugees, and as such it should be a real celebration. Around the world, this day of festivity and tribute is expressed in a hundred different ways, from stand-up comics and rock concerts to conferences and memorial services. 

Download short summary of our upcoming activities here (pdf).

Download press release here (pdf). 

Video on Refugee Protection and UNHCR's Regional office in Budapest

• English
• Hungarian
• Polish
• Slovak
• Slovenian

Plug in to refugee experiences through photo galleries.

• The first 48 hours
• Life as an asylum-seeker

• Integrating in a Foreign Country

• Hungarian refugees of 1956
• Flight from Hungary in 1956

Being a Refugee

Find out how refugees experienced life in Central Europe in 2007 from UNHCR's AGDM report here (.pdf)

Articles published in the local media and web sites in:

• Hungary
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Slovenia

Vacancies

The UNHCR Regional Representation for Central Europe is currently looking for a Head of Office for its office in Warsaw, Poland. Find out about details here (attach PDF).

P11 form (MS Word)

P11 form (PDF) 

UNHCR's Regional Resettlement Initiative is aimed it promoting the concept of refugee resettlement and encouraging new EU Member States to launch national resettlement programmes. 

Click to view video:

• English
  
• Bulgarian
  
• Hungarian
• Polish
• Romanian
  
• Slovak
• Slovenian 

The "Schengen
area" and me

Information for refugees, asylum seekers, persons with subsidiary protection and stateless persons on the "Schengen area" in different languages.

New Asylum Laws
Bringing Good and Bad News for Refugees
Budapest, 6 Septemebr 2007 - Currently, many of the countries along the eastern EU border are amending their asylum laws in line with an EU policy to harmonise asylum legislation among its member states.

Refugee Statistics - Eastern EU Border States

Asylum trends 2004-2006 (tables) - download PDF

Asylum trends 2004-2006 (charts) - download PDF

Asylum Applications and Refugees Population in 2006 - download PDF

Borderlines is the new bi-monthly newsletter of UNHCR's Regional Representation in Budapest.

• Download the March 2007 Issue - PDF (960kB)