• the Swiss section of Amnesty International (since 2010), and the Swiss divisions of the Salvation Army (since 2013). The Swiss Refugee Council is a non-governmental...
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  • different associations in Switzerland, depending on the field and the canton. The Swiss Confederation supports the Swiss Refugee Council, HEKS and Caritas, as...
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    Established in 1974, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 126 NGOs across 40 European countries. ECRE’s mission is to...
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  • The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC; Norwegian: Flyktninghjelpen) is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected...
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  • Summary of residence permits in Switzerland: "Procédure, statuts et permis". asile.ch (in French). Swiss Refugee Council, Organisation suisse d'aide aux...
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  • headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 18,879 staff working in 138 countries as of 2020. UNHC was created in 1950 to address the refugee crisis that resulted...
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    Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu (category Athlete Refugee Team at the World Athletics Championships)
    any money or local contacts. Eventually, they applied for asylum at a Swiss refugee centre and continued pursuing their running ambitions. An immigration...
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    An ongoing refugee crisis began in Europe in late February 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Over 6 million refugees fleeing Ukraine are recorded...
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    the Swiss National Council, one house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, voted to overturn the ban, however the other house, the Swiss Council of...
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    A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there...
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