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

Ludzie uciekają ze swych krajów przed wojną, prześladowaniami i przemocą. Wielu z nich, dotarłszy do Europy, przebywa w obozach. Z powodu pandemii COVID-19 mieszkańcy tych obozów potrzebują dodatkowego wsparcia. Oto, co oferuje im Unia Europejska:

Co robi Europa, by podczas pandemii pomóc mieszkańcom obozów dla uchodźców w rejonie basenu Morza Śródziemnego

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

Unia Europejska wspiera ludzi w potrzebie. W tym celu przyjęła szereg środków zapewniających uchodźcom ochronę oraz odpowiednie warunki ich przyjmowania gwarantujące poszanowanie praw człowieka.

Co Europa robi, aby chronić uchodźców, którzy uciekli przed wojną lub politycznym uciskiem we własnym kraju.

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

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)

Sytuacja uchodźców z mniejszości Rohingja, w szczególności trudna sytuacja dzieci

Situation of Rohingyas refugees, in particular the plight of children

Postępy w sprawie globalnych porozumień ONZ w sprawie bezpiecznej, uporządkowanej i legalnej migracji i w sprawie uchodźców

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

Obóz dla uchodźców w Dadaab (debata)

Dadaab refugee camp (debate)

Rozwiązania dotyczące przepływu uchodźców i migrantów: rola działań zewnętrznych UE (debata)

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

Pomoc nadzwyczajna na rzecz uchodźców i migrantów narażonych na trudne warunki pogodowe w obozach w Europie (debata)

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

Szczyt ONZ wysokiego szczebla poświęcony rozwiązaniu kwestii masowych przepływów uchodźców i migrantów (debata)

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

Uchodźcy: włączenie społeczne i integracja na rynku pracy (debata)

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

Sytuacja uchodźczyń i kobiet ubiegających się o azyl w UE (debata)

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

Kryzys uchodźczy, kontrola granic zewnętrznych i przyszłość Schengen - Przestrzeganie międzynarodowej zasady non-refoulement - Finansowanie Instrumentu Pomocy dla Uchodźców w Turcji - Wzrost nienawiści na tle rasowym i przemocy wobec uchodźców i migrantów w Europie (debata)

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)

Sytuacja humanitarna uchodźców w UE i krajach z nią sąsiadujących (ciąg dalszy debat)

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

Sytuacja humanitarna uchodźców w UE i krajach z nią sąsiadujących (debata)

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

Migracja i uchodźcy w Europie (debata)

Migration and refugees in Europe (debate)

Dramatyczna sytuacja uchodźców należących do mniejszości etnicznej Rohingya, w tym kwestia masowych grobów w Tajlandii (debata)

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

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

Pelagie uciekła z Demokratycznej Republiki Konga w obawie o swoje życie. Z pomocą organizacji charytatywnej Refugees Welcome Italia znalazła nowy dom w Rzymie.Todor jest prawnikiem w centrum pomocy prawnej Center for Legal Aid Voice w Bułgarii, organizacji pozarządowej, która pomaga uchodźcom w integracji i zapewnia im wsparcie prawne.Dzięki inicjatywom takim jak Fundusz Azylu, Migracji i Integracji, UE pomaga migrantom i osobom ubiegającym się o azyl, a także krajom UE, które ich przyjmują.Parlament Europejski popiera ogólnounijne podejście do wyzwań związanych z migracją.

Podejmowanie wyzwań związanych z migracją w UE: Poznaj Pelagie i Todora

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

Due to the geopolitical situation in several of the EU's neighbouring countries, the number of asylum-seekers coming to the EU increased significantly in 2015 and 2016, before falling in 2017. For this reason, asylum and migration have become urgent topics of discussion across the EU. This inflocip shows the arrival of migrants on the Italian coast, life inside refugee camps, food banks, language classes and educational support for migrant children.

Infoclip: EU's response to migration challenges

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

A Civil Liberties Committee delegation go to Brussels (Belgium) before Calais (France) and Ter Apel (Netherlands) to look into irregular crossings to the UK and the implications for reception facilities. MEPs meet with government officials and agencies in charge of migration policy as well as NGO representative, and they will visit reception facilities. The delegation exchanges with various NGOs active in supporting migrants and refugees, meet with Nicole De Moor, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration and visits a local registration centre.

Asylum and Migration: visit of a Delegation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Delegation to Brussels (Belgium)

According to the report member states should provide resettled persons with a long-lasting solution, first and foremost by granting refugee or subsidiary protection status. Member States may issue permanent residence permits. The report also calls on Member States to increase resettlement efforts and the number of resettlement places in order to shoulder a fair share of global responsibility. The EU should take on at least 20% of the annual projected global resettlement needs, as defined by UNHCR, which would equate to around 250 000 people in 2017. Furthermore, resettlement should not be used for other foreign policy objectives, or depend on third countries' cooperation on other migration-related matters, as proposed by the European Commission. Instead, resettlement should be a humanitarian programme and the EU resettlement framework should be based on the annual global projected

Final trilogue on EU Resettlement Framework: arrivals, roundtable and statement by Malin BJÖRK (The Left, SE), Rapporteur

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

Parlament wezwał UE do większych wysiłków w celu ochrony dzieci i młodzieży uciekających przed wojną na Ukrainie. Europosłowie głosowali za aktualizacją przepisów dotyczących krytycznej infrastruktury energetycznej UE, aby szły one w parze z celami Zielonego Ładu. Wezwali również do większej przejrzystości w małych firmach, aby pomóc zlikwidować różnice w wynagrodzeniach kobiet i mężczyzn.

Najważniejsze wydarzenia z sesji plenarnej: Dzieci-uchodźcy z Ukrainy, energia i równe płace

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, 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

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. 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.

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