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A picture tells a thousand words. Therefore we regularly document our work and the life of the displaced people who have come to Central Europe to find a safe place. Some of our best photos are showcased here and on our Flickr Page.
UNHCR’s global photo library in Geneva has a further about 250,000 photos covering nearly all of the major displacements of the last 60 years. The images provide a comprehensive portrait of the lives of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless people in all corners of the globe, as well as the work of the thousands of UN staff who have helped them.
UNHCR offers the use of its photos free to the media. Browse a selection of our best photo galleries here.
A retrospective of archive photos to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and refugee crisis.
A retrospective of archive photos to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and refugee crisis.
It is nearly impossible to enter EU territory undetected. Border guards are patrolling the borderline around the clock with dogs, night vision goggles and other sophisticated technical equipment.
Everyone caught for irregular entry is fingerprinted and put in a detention facility. Readmission agreements with the states across the borders make sure that irregular migrants are sent back swiftly.
The case is different for people who are asking for asylum. According to international law, asylum-seekers have the right for their case to be heard first. During interviews, interpreters must be present to make sure that the asylum-seekers can make their case adequately.
However, their fingerprints are checked in a European database called EURODAC to make sure that they have not already asked for asylum in another EU country. If they have, then normally the asylum-seeker would be sent back to that country under what is known as the 'Dublin regulation.'
Asylum-seekers who cross the border irregularly are often detained. Normally, this is just for a short time (between 24 and 48 hours) until they are moved to proper reception centres. In some countries like Hungary and Bulgaria, however, asylum-seekers are being detained for increasingly longer periods of time.
Being detained is a stressful situation for adults, but even more so for children. Conditions are modest; there is no privacy and nothing to do but to wait.
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