Call for Applications for DAFI Scholarship in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
Would you like to obtain a University degree or diploma in the country of asylum? Apply for DAFI Scholarship. For the past 18 years, the Government of Germany has been financing the annual Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund (DAFI) named after one of the most famous refugees, Prof. Albert Einstein. The programme grants scholarships to deserving young refugees at universities, colleges and polytechnics in their host countries.

WRD Message: High Commissioner António Guterres pays tribute to refugees

World Refugee Day 2010
This year's World Refugee Day on June 20 has as its theme, "Home," in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world. Around 10 million of them are refugees of special concern to UNHCR.

CELEBRATION OF WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2010 IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
The UNHCR Representation in the Republic of Moldova, in cooperation with the Refugee Directorate under the Bureau for Migration and Asylum, is organising several events aimed to draw the public’s attention towards the plight of asylum seekers and refugees.

HIGH LEVEL VISIT FROM THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY TO THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
On 17-18 June 2010 Guillermo Bettocchi, the Deputy Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe of the UN Refugee Agency pays an official visit to the Republic of Belarus. The visit to Minsk is the last leg of his regional mission, following the trips to Moldova and Ukraine.

MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
What: Ceremony of presentations of diplomas to a group of 22 refugee students who successfully graduated a course of the Ukrainian language. There will be time for informal meeting and discussion with refugee students, to hear about the experience and perspectives for local integration in Ukraine, ask what prompted them to learn Ukrainian and how they are going to master the language of their host country.