The universal agreement’s main aim is to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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Deeply saddened by two consecutive tragedies, UNHCR reiterates its call for additional resources for search and rescue operations in the Aegean Sea and the stepping up of efforts to provide legal avenues so people can avoid dangerous sea voyages organized by ruthless smugglers.
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During the third quarter of 2015 (from July to September 2015), 413,800 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU), a number almost double that of the second quarter of 2015.
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Several European ministers and senior EU officials have been quoted as accusing Greece of not doing its job of policing the European Union’s external borders and stemming the flow of asylum seekers and migrants, also of refusing to accept EU help to do so.
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The Embassy of Sweden, in cooperation with the General Secretariat for Gender Equality held a conference, under the title, “Women in Politics/Decision-Making”.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape war and persecution. UNHCR presents seven key events in this unfolding drama…
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According to a survey carried out by UNCHR, 86 per cent of Syrians arriving in Greece have secondary school or university education. Half of that group have studied at university.
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The Canadian government is offering the opportunity to young Greeks, between 18 and 35 years old to travel and work in Canada for up to one year.
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“Faced with the atrocities committed in certain parts of the world, we must play our part in worldwide solidarity,” said Co-President Louis Michel (ALDE, BE) at the opening of the 30th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Brussels.
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Thousands of refugees and migrants were stuck at the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Friday following tense protests which prevented anyone from crossing for more than 24 hours.
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