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UNICEF in Bulgaria for refugee and migrant children
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UNICEF Fact Sheet
ContextThroughout 2024, a steady number of Ukrainian refugees have been remaining in the country (60,000-65,000). The Humanitarian Programme for Ukrainian refugees of Bulgaria was extended until 4th March 2025, despite the initial plans for revising it and expanding it to include support for integration.Key highli...
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‘Not the new normal’ – 2024 ‘one of the worst years in UNICEF’s history’ for children in conflict
NEW YORK, 28 December 2024 – The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by UNICEF of the latest available data and prevailing global trends. More children than ever are estimated to be either living in conflict zones or for...
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Ukraine Refugee Response in Bulgaria
Throughout 2024, a steady number of Ukrainian refugees have been remainingin the country (52,000-54,000). In May, however, the numbers started toincrease and by the end of June almost doubled, reaching more than 105,000Ukrainians in the country.Respectively, the number of people in the government-provided accommod...
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on deadly strikes in Ukraine
NEW YORK, 8 July 2024 – “I am horrified by the news out of Ukraine today that at least 150 people have reportedly been killed or injured, and a children’s hospital severely damaged in Kyiv, during a wave of deadly missile strikes across the country. “The barrage of missiles fell in cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, K...
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"I dream that there will be peace and that innocent people and children will not die."
In the twilight hours of a spring day we meet Angela, the mother of nine-year-old Volodimir, or as everyone fondly calls him - Vova. They arrived in Bulgaria from the town of Zhytomyr after the war in Ukraine. After a long day working in a factory in Ruse, where she works to support her family, Angela greets us wi...
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"You managed to help us adapt and not go back to that nightmare."
We meet Maria in front of her school - High School of Woodworking and Interior Architecture in Ruse. She is 14 years old and comes from Kyiv, Ukraine. After the escalation of war her family spent half a year in a Ukrainian village in Cherkasy region. They hoped that the war would end quickly, but after months of n...
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Consultant on the operationalization of the Harmanli Security Zone
Consultant on the operationalization of the Harmanli Securit, Deadline: 2 July 2024 UNICEF Bulgaria is looking for a consultant to support the piloting of the Safe zone in Harmanli through enhancing the capacity of the staff to provide appropriate care and protection for the children placed and the development and...
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Consultant on documentation of educational support for refugee children from Ukraine
UNICEF Bulgaria is looking for a consultant to provide support with taking stock of results achieved and identifying best practices in providing access to education for Ukrainian refugee children, as well as to outline sustainable solutions for the continuation of learning in the next years. More than 72,770 Ukra...
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SAR, UNICEF, IOM and the Swiss Embassy opened a Safe Zone for unaccompanied refugee children in the Registration and Reception Centre – Harmanli
Harmanli, 16 May 2024, A Safe Zone for unaccompanied refugee children was opened today in the largest registration and reception center for refugees in Harmanli. The official opening was attended by Ms. Iliana Iotova, Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Kalin Stoyanov, Minister of Interior, H.E. Raymun...
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Photo Exhibition "Innocence Unbound"
Today, on World Refugee Day, 20 June, at 11:00 a.m. at Sofia Airport Terminal 2, the photo exhibition with refugee children entitled "Innocence without Borders" was officially opened. The event was organized by UNICEF, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bulgaria, the State Agency for Refugees and Sofia Airport. Photogr...
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UNICEF in Bulgaria for refugee and migrant children
From armed conflict to natural disasters, climate change and political instability, the modern world presents children with many challenges. Bulgaria is an external border of the European Union and is located on the threshold of the Eastern Mediterranean migration route. The country is one of the main countries th...
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Children's Ukrainian club in Bulgaria
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, nearly 7 million people have been forced to flee their homeland in search of asylum. Nearly 70,000 find their new home here - in Bulgaria, where they begin their "second life". Especially for children, parting with home, with friends, and sometimes with family, leaves dee...