Given the shortage of foreign language interpreters to assist asylum seekers/migrants during their interview with border guards/immigration officials from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have created a pool of interpreters to improve the coordination and availability of support services at a regional level.

If you speak Russian and are a student studying foreign languages, a native speaker or a teacher fluent in one of the languages listed below you are invited to register your profile in the pool of interpreters’ database.

The list of the languages is:

The pool of interpreters will be ultimately used by the Ministries and Border Guard Services of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. IOM and UNHCR are implementing partners. The database is password protected and interpreters will not have access to the profiles of each other.

The registration phase is in progress. If you are interested please register on interpreters.unhcr.org.ua by uploading your CV and photo and filling out the form provided. For additional information please contact us:

UNHCR Regional Representation for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine

IOM Mission in Ukraine

Anna Yefimenko
Tel. +38 (044) 2545346
e-mail:

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