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UNHCR inaugurates residential block for Iraqi refugees in Armenia

UNHCR inaugurates "Social House" - a special residential centre with 46 apartments for Iraqi refugees in the southern Armenian village of Darbnik.

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Pakistan Appeal: Millions have been driven from their homes by conflict in north-west Pakistan. They need your help. Click below to donate.

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Photo Gallery: From Nairobi to Osh, Bishkek to Mexico City, refugees celebrate World Refugee Day 2009.

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New Web Applications: Check out a Google Earth tour, which will take you to camps in Asia and Africa with the "Gimme Shelter" track as background.

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Gimme Shelter: A campaign for innocent civilians forced to flee their homes in eastern Congo and elsewhere, produced with the help of Sir Mick Jagger and Ben Affleck.

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Sri Lanka Appeal: The long and bitter war is over in Sri Lanka, but hundreds of thousands rely on the international community to survive.

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Human Story

Telling the Human Story

At the end of October last year, a group of 29 Palestinians - women and children - were resettled in Iceland from a desert camp. UNHCR's Hanne Mathisen went to see how they were getting on.

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Making a Difference

Making a Difference

A family of ethnic Chins, among the first group of refugees to be resettled in the Czech Republic, move into their new home.

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Setting the Agenda

Setting the Agenda

In the foreword to a comparative study by a Cairo University law professor, UNHCR chief António Guterres says the new book shows that Islamic law and tradition underpin the modern legal framework upon which UNHCR bases its activities.

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