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Support Centre bids farewell to Liu Shih-Chung
The Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees received His Excellency Liu Shih-Chung, Representative of Taiwan on a farewell visit. The Taipei Representative Office (TRO), and especially Mr Liu has been one of the staunchest supporters of HIA’s work with refugees in Hungary: Seeing the large number of refugees arriving to Hungary, they pledged $1.5 million for…


Freedom under missiles is still better than living in fear
The liberation of Kherson came at a price. Upon their withdrawal from the port city in southern Ukraine, the Russian invaders cut Kherson off from public services depriving the tens of thousands of residents of electricity, heating and running water. Free as it is, the city now faces ever-increasing artillery strikes from the other, still-occupied…


Refugee Stories: Dima from Mariupol
Dmitry Nazarenko (18) is a refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine. Having arrived in Hungary in April, he already started working night shifts at a warehouse. He lives in a temporary accommodation for refugees provided by Hungarian Interchurch Aid, but at least he is not alone: Dima came with his girlfriend, Anna (17). But he misses his…


Displaced helping displaced: supporting grassroot resilience through SCLR
Located in the safer western part of the country, Ivano-Frankivsk provides refuge for a flood of displaced people from the war-torn eastern regions of Ukraine. Driven from their homes by the brutality of war, 70 people found shelter in a former roadside inn that has now become their temporary home. In their struggle to start…


Christmas Carols with Ukrainian Refugees
With Christmas around the corner, people from all over the Christian world get together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This is no different for the refugees that arrived from Ukraine: They congregated at the Christmas event of Hungarian Interchurch Aid in the downtown of Budapest, at the Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees already on…


Those who don’t make the news – City of ghosts
While the world looks to the newly liberated areas of eastern Ukraine, little is said about those who have been destitute since the first day of the war and whose situation has changed little. The combat events in the Kharkiv region can only mask the hardships endured for more than half a year by the…


