{"id":97,"date":"2020-07-02T13:55:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:10:00","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, created this website for refugees and asylum-seekers who found themselves on the territory of the Russian Federation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this\nwebsite, you will be able to find up-to-date information on receiving asylum and\nassistance to stateless persons, including the answers to the questions below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/applying-for-asylum\/\">Who is considered a refugee?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/ukrrefugeesinruen\/\">Where should the persons arriving in the Russian Federation due to the conflict in Ukraine seek assistance?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/where-to-find-help\/\">Where to seek assistance in Russia?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/applying-for-asylum\/asylum-application-process\/\">What is the process for applying for refugee status or temporary asylum?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/applying-for-asylum\/appealing-refugee-status-rejection\/\">How to appeal refugee status rejection?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/rights-and-obligations\/\">What rights do asylum seekers have?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/rights-and-obligations\/\">What rights and responsibilities do you have after receiving refugee status?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/assistance-to-stateless-persons\/\">Where can stateless people find assistance in Russia?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/rights-and-obligations\/\">What should you do if you are stopped or detained by the police?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/where-to-find-help\/unhcr-russia\/\">Role of the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees in Russia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaflet for employers on formalising labour relations with UNHCR&#8217;s beneficiaries (RUS) is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mobovnl.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website <\/a>of our partner organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, created this website for refugees and asylum-seekers who found themselves on the territory of the Russian Federation. On this website, you will be able to find up-to-date information on receiving asylum and assistance to stateless persons, including the answers to the questions below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/russia\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}