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UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, has launched a global campaign to raise funds from the private sector in order to fill a massive gap in funds needed to provide shelter for millions of refugees.

Throughout April and May, ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association has been running a series of workshops with prison workers and volunteers working with inmates in Poland, Hungary and Greece to promote antidiscrimination values in prisons.

A new briefing by Global Justice Now looks at the framing of the narrative around the influx of migrants and refugees in Europe, sets out the underlying causes for this mobility, and demands states to protect and expand the right to freedom of movement.

UNITED and the No Hate Speech Movement were represented at celebrations to mark Europe Day on Margit Island in Budapest.

Anna Poludenko-Young looks at the issue of refugee-reception in Ukraine, and examines the prospects for Syrian refugees arriving in the country.

Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) has launched a new series of child testimonies, showing the hardship suffered by young undocumented migrants trying to make a life for themselves in Europe.

On 22-27 April, a European conference took place near Torino, Italy, organised by UNITED for Intercultural Action against Fascism, Nationalism and Racism and in Support for Migrants and Refugees. Participants representing organisations from all over Europe came together to challenge the current narrative on migration.

Report from days IV and V of the “Moving Stories: Narratives of Migration Crossing Europe” UNITED network conference near Torino.

UNITED monthly E-News for April, with news from UNITED, news from the network, highlights from the website and a look to the future.

Report from day III of the “Moving Stories: Narratives of Migration Crossing Europe” UNITED network conference near Torino.