Every year, on 20 June, we celebrate World Refugee Day. The focus this year is on the right to seek safety. Everyone on the planet has the right to seek safety, no matter who they are, where they come from or when they are forced to flee. In 2022, as a result of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Europe is receiving a large new wave of refugees in search of peace and safety.

World Refugee Day: EU solidarity with Ukraine

The Russian aggression against Ukraine has disrupted many people’s lives. Millions of Ukrainians have fled to neighbouring countries, in particular to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, from where they are progressively moving to other European Member States. In the face of this growing humanitarian crisis, it is essential for them to have access to affordable connectivity, in order to stay in touch with their family and friends. And the European Union is working to help them.

Helping refugees to stay connected

According to statistics since 2008 over 318 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced by floods, windstorms, earthquakes or droughts, 30.7 million in 2020 alone. This is equivalent to one person being displaced every second. Depending on the frequency and scale of the major natural disasters occurring, there are significant fluctuations in the total number of displaced people from one year to the next, yet the trend over recent decades has been a growing one. Many find refuge within their own country, but some are forced to go abroad. In this podcast, we’ll talk about ‘climate refugees’, a concept that remains unclear despite the rising number of people forcibly displaced because of climate disasters.

EPRS policy podcast - The concept of 'climate refugee': Towards a possible definition

Los refugiados se han visto obligados a huir de sus países de origen por culpa de las guerras, las persecuciones y la violencia. Muchos de ellos son alojados en campos. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha hecho que los refugiados que viven en estos campos necesiten más ayuda. Veamos de qué manera interviene la Unión Europea:

Esto es lo que Europa está haciendo para apoyar a los refugiados que se encuentran en campos en el Mediterráneo durante la pandemia

Climate change has forced people to leave their territory and has led to the term ‘climate refugee’. Climate change also means that in the future, more people are expected to become climate refugees. International protection for these people is lacking, but various international organisations are paving the way to incorporate climate refugees into legislation. The EU has expressed its concern about climate refugees, and is taking proactive steps in order to ensure better protection for them.

Better Legislation - The concept of Climate Refugee SL

La Unión se ha comprometido a ayudar a las personas necesitadas, y ha acordado una serie de medidas para garantizarles protección y unas condiciones de acogida adecuadas que respeten los derechos humanos.

Esto es lo que hace Europa para proteger a los refugiados que han huido de la guerra o de la opresión política en sus propios países

AFET - Exchange of views on the recent allegations against UNWRA staff and the impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with Afghan refugees and with the EU Ambassadors

EP Plenary session - Address by Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

LIBE CONT Public hearing on the financial support for the Ukrainian refugees

World Mental Health Day: Migrants, Refugees and Mental Health.

Velomai Award Ceremony - handing over some of the donated bikes to Ukrainian refugees

FEMM - LIBE joint Committee - Hearing on the Situation of women refugees from Ukraine

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova - Visit of the Palanca border crossing point and refugee center

FEMM extraordinary Committee - Exchange of views on the situation of women refugees fleeing Ukraine

Press conference on Parliament's vote on Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE)

EP Plenary session - Refugees in Europe: CARE

EP Plenary session - The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of Russian aggression against Ukraine

EP Plenary session - Address by Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for refugees

EP Plenary session - Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law - The situation in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

Press conference by Younous OMARJEE, Chair of Regional Development Committee, and Elisa FERREIRA, the Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms on Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE)

La situación de los refugiados rohinyás, en particular el sufrimiento de los niños

Situation of Rohingyas refugees, in particular the plight of children

Avances con respecto al pacto mundial de las Naciones Unidas para una migración segura, ordenada y regular y al pacto mundial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los refugiados

Progress on UN Global compacts for safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees

Campo de refugiados de Dadaab (debate)

Dadaab refugee camp (debate)

La gestión de los flujos de migrantes y refugiados: el papel de la acción exterior de la Unión (debate)

Addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action (debate)

Ayuda de emergencia para los refugiados y migrantes que se enfrentan a condiciones meteorológicas severas en los campos europeos (debate)

Emergency Aid for refugees and migrants facing severe weather conditions in European camps (debate)

Cumbre de alto nivel de las Naciones Unidas relativa a los grandes movimientos de refugiados y migrantes (debate)

UN High-level Summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (debate)

Refugiados: inclusión social e integración en el mercado laboral (debate)

Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (debate)

EYE 2016 – EYEtv Debates « Refugees on the move: searching for solutions » and « Reaching for the stars of Europe’s tomorrow »

UNKN

Situación de las mujeres refugiadas y solicitantes de asilo en la UE (debate)

The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate)

IWD 2016 - Women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU – Seminar for journalists – part 2

IWD 2016 - Women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU – Seminar for journalists – part 1

Crisis de los refugiados, control de las fronteras exteriores y futuro de Schengen - Respeto del principio internacional de no devolución - Financiación del Mecanismo para Turquía en favor de los Refugiados - Aumento del odio y la violencia racistas contra los refugiados y los migrantes en toda Europa (debate)

Refugee emergency, external borders control and future of Schengen - Respect for the international principle of non-refoulement - Financing refugee facility for Turkey - Increased racist hatred and violence against refugees and migrants across Europe (debate)

Situación humanitaria de los refugiados dentro de la UE y en los países vecinos (continuación del debate)

Humanitarian situation of refugees within the EU and neighbouring countries (continuation of debate)

Situación humanitaria de los refugiados dentro de la UE y en los países vecinos (debate)

Humanitarian situation of refugees within the EU and neighbouring countries (debate)

Migración y refugiados en Europa (debate)

Migration and refugees in Europe (debate)

La difícil situación de los refugiados rohingyas, incluidas las fosas comunes en Tailandia (debate)

The plight of Rohingya refugees, including mass graves in Thailand (debate)

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, before the start of the plenary session. Ms Blanchett has been a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador since 2016 and shares her experience of, and insights into, raising public awareness about the plight of refugees and stateless people worldwide with MEPs.

Visit of Cate BLANCHETT , Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to the European Parliament: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President; and extracts from the address

Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, addresses the hemicycle with a speech. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Address by Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening statement before the address in front of the hemicycle by Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Address by Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency: introductory statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

As Russia’s full-on invasion of Ukraine enters its second year, many refugees have picked up the pieces of their shattered lives and are rebuilding them in the European Union. Their stories are a tale of strength, resilience and solidarity. Here, four of them, living in Germany, Poland and Spain, tell their stories.        
      
The European Parliament continues to stand by Ukraine and its people. Learn more: http://epyoutube.eu/UkraineOneYearOn

Meet Ukrainian refugees who fled the war

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Extracts from the arrival, welcome and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for Refugees: arrival, welcome and roundtable

The Pournara Emergency Reception Centre for asylum seekers is located outside Kokkinotrimithia, on the edge of the capital Nicosia, in Cyprus. Outside and inside views of the camp with shots of the daily life of the asylum seekers in the camp. Shots of the established “safe zone”, installed by the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) at the Pournara Emergency Reception Centre. It is a special zone dedicated to fragile women, unaccompanied minors, women and children. According to Cypriot authorites, in the first half of 2022, 12,000 asylum seekers arrived in the southern part of the island.

Infoclip: New migration route - Pournara (Cyprus) - Emergency Reception Centre

El Parlamento ha pedido a la UE que haga más por proteger a los niños y jóvenes que huyen de la guerra de Ucrania. Los eurodiputados han votado a favor de revisar la legislación sobre la infraestructura energética esencial de la UE, para adaptarla a los objetivos del Pacto Verde. También han exigido más transparencia en las pequeñas empresas para acabar con la brecha salarial de género.

Temas candentes en el Pleno: Niños refugiados de Ucrania, energía e igualdad salarial

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) of the European Parliament, visit the reception centre of Ukrainain refugees Punkt pobytowy Wołoska 7.

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, visit a reception centre of Ukrainain refugees in Poland

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, visit Warszawa Wschodnia Railway Station and the facilities placed to receive Ukrainian refugees.

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, visit Warszawa Wschodnia Railway Station

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, participate in the Committee of Regions event “Regional and local dimension of the Ukrainian War" in Rzeszów, Poland to discuss the impact of the Ukrainian war on EU's regional and local authorities, aid available to refugees from the EU budget, and support offered by regions and cities in the EU.

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, participate in the Committee of Regions event “Regional and local dimension of the Ukrainian War"

Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, travels with Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee to Poland to discuss with national and regional authorities and civil society organisations EU’s support for Member States’ efforts in receiving and accommodating refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, notably the initiatives recently proposed by the Commission under the Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe. Commissioner Elisa FERREIRA and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee visit the reception centre in Hala Kijowska in Młyny, Poland.

Visit to the reception centre in Hala Kijowska in Młynym, Poland, of Commissioner Elisa FERREIRA in Poland and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee

Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, travels with Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee to Poland to discuss with national and regional authorities and civil society organisations EU’s support for Member States’ efforts in receiving and accommodating refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, notably the initiatives recently proposed by the Commission under the Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe. They meet zith Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and visit the border crossing in Korczowa.

Visit at border crossing in Korczowa by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and by Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee

Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Younous OMARJEE, President of the REGI Committee in the European Parliament and Ewa LENIART, Member of the Sejm and Governor of Podkarpackie Region speak to the press following their visit to the Korczowa border crossing with Ukraine and their meeting with regional and local representatives, as well as NGOs working in the reception and accommodation of refugees.

Joint press point by Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Younous OMARJEE, President of the REGI Committee and Ewa LENIART, Member of the Sejm

MEPs discuss what the EU can do to protect children fleeing war in Ukraine, in particular from trafficking and exploitation, following the activation on 3 March of the temporary protection status for refugees from Ukraine, which gives them temporary residence rights and access to education and the labour market. Closing statements by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs.

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine: closing statements by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

MEPs discuss what the EU can do to protect children fleeing war in Ukraine, in particular from trafficking and exploitation, following the activation on 3 March of the temporary protection status for refugees from Ukraine, which gives them temporary residence rights and access to education and the labour market. Third part of the debate.

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 3/3)

MEPs discuss what the EU can do to protect children fleeing war in Ukraine, in particular from trafficking and exploitation, following the activation on 3 March of the temporary protection status for refugees from Ukraine, which gives them temporary residence rights and access to education and the labour market. Second part of the debate.

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 2/3)

MEPs discuss what the EU can do to protect children fleeing war in Ukraine, in particular from trafficking and exploitation, following the activation on 3 March of the temporary protection status for refugees from Ukraine, which gives them temporary residence rights and access to education and the labour market. First part of the debate.

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 1/3)

MEPs discuss what the EU can do to protect children fleeing war in Ukraine, in particular from trafficking and exploitation, following the activation on 3 March of the temporary protection status for refugees from Ukraine, which gives them temporary residence rights and access to education and the labour market. Opening statements by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography. This transcript is a resul of an authomatic process. Please check against delivery.

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine: opening statements by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and by Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy

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AFET - Exchange of views on the recent allegations against UNWRA staff and the impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with Afghan refugees and with the EU Ambassadors

EP Plenary session - Address by Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

LIBE CONT Public hearing on the financial support for the Ukrainian refugees

World Mental Health Day: Migrants, Refugees and Mental Health.

Velomai Award Ceremony - handing over some of the donated bikes to Ukrainian refugees

FEMM - LIBE joint Committee - Hearing on the Situation of women refugees from Ukraine

AFET/SEDE Delegation to Moldova - Visit of the Palanca border crossing point and refugee center

FEMM extraordinary Committee - Exchange of views on the situation of women refugees fleeing Ukraine

Press conference on Parliament's vote on Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE)

EP Plenary session - Refugees in Europe: CARE

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

EP Plenary session - The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of Russian aggression against Ukraine

EP Plenary session - Address by Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for refugees

EP Plenary session - Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law - The situation in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya