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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR delegation visits detention centre on Greek island, urges closure ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR official calls for a crowded detention centre on the Greek island of Lesvos to be closed after visiting the facility with a government minister.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Press Release: Iraqis, Afghans and Somalis top list of asylum seekers in industrialized world]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - Asylum applications in industrialized nations rose by 10 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to the UN refugee agency's provisional statistics released...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Author Khaled Hosseini says peace vital for sustainable return of Afghan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Author Khaled Hosseini wraps up a visit to his native Afghanistan by highlighting the need for peace to ensure the safe and sustainable return of the forcibly displaced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps hundreds of homeless returnees in arid wastes of northern Afghanistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and its partners set up a temporary camp to provide shelter and aid to hundreds of refugee returnees in a desolate region of northern Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Humanitarian Day: UNHCR colleagues reflect on losing colleagues, taking risks to serve the world's most vulnerable]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With humanitarian workers around the world increasingly becoming a target for violence, colleagues and families of some who have died in the line of duty discuss both the gratitude and guilt of surviving - and the reasons to keep serving.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A terrible dilemma]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In an Op Ed carried in newspapers around the world today, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres reflects on the challenges of protecting humanitarian workers as they help the world's most vulnerable people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR pays tribute to fallen colleagues on World Humanitarian Day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR staff around the globe mark the first World Humanitarian Day, honouring hundreds of colleagues in humanitarian organizations who have been killed while carrying out their duties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR to remember sacrifice of colleagues on World Humanitarian Day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, August 19 will be observed as a day to honour all those who have been injured or killed while carrying out their humanitarian work.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with photojournalist Howard Davies: Documenting the displaced in northern France]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Seven years after a similar settlement closed, a photographer returns to a camp in northern France created by migrants and asylum seekers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hard times lure Afghans to Iran, deter some refugees from returning]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Every year, hundreds of thousands of Afghans head to Iran in search of work, saying their strife-torn country cannot provide enough suitable jobs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR distributes aid to Afghan refugees affected by conflict in Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR distributes aid to some 600 Afghan refugees who found shelter in the Peshawar area after fleeing the recent conflict in north-west Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[War: creating a lifetime of nightmares for children]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's Duniya Aslam Khan reports how meeting victims of the violence in Pakistan has revived frightening memories of her own childhood during the Afghan wars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mounting security concerns in Afghanistan as three aid workers are killed ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Three staff members of a UNHCR partner organization are killed in northern Afghanistan as their vehicle hits an improvised explosive device. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three staff members of a UNHCR implementing partner killed in Afghanistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Two separate security incidents involving UNHCR took place in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. In the most serious, which occurred at 7:00 AM local time on 23 June in Jowzjan Province, three Afghan staff...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stitching up a new life: Afghan refugees learn to support themselves in Iran]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With fewer Afghan refugees going home, UNHCR is concentrating on giving those staying in Iran skills to earn support their families.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Millions of Japanese expected to tune in to TV drama about UNHCR]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK will air a new romantic drama over the next five weeks that also raises awareness about UNHCR and refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and Pakistan sign new agreement on stay of Afghan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and Pakistan sign an agreement to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and to seek international support for their care.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and Pakistan government sign Letter of Mutual Intent]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[  UNHCR and the Pakistan government today signed a letter of intent to allow registered Afghans to extend their stay in the country until the end of 2012.  Minister of State and Frontier Regions (SAFRON)...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan and Pakistani women pick up physiotherapy skills]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helps a group of Afghan refugee women and Pakistani females learn physiotherapy skills that they will use to help members of their community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jalozai camp population swells as Pakistan's displacement crisis deepens]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of civilians flock every day to Pakistan's Jalozai camp as pressure mounts on those already displaced amid continuing fighting in highland regions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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