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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR Chief Guterres strongly condemns deadly attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR Chief Guterres strongly condemns deadly attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq
9 February 2013 - The High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres expresses his shock about this morning's mortar attack...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief welcomes Iran commitment to maintain asylum space]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Iran's government confirms its commitment to asylum space for Afghan refugees and to legalize undocumented Afghans living in Iran.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan returns pass 50,000 in first eight months, up on last year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 40,000 of them came from Pakistan and just over 10,000 from Iran. 
About a third of the returnees went to the provinces of Kabul and Nangarhar.
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls for cooperation and solidarity amid efforts to find solutions for the residents of Camp “New Iraq”]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) called today for cooperation, patience and understanding of all parties involved in efforts to find solutions for the residents of the Camp "New Iraq" (formerly camp Ashraf)...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Iran, UNHCR project provides comfort to troubled refugee youth]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Facing adult problems, street and working children are given the means to cope.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DAFI Scholars: Afghan girl studies to become a lawyer in a break with tradition]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[It would have been difficult to pursue a higher education without the help Ameneh has been receiving from the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative, or DAFI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voluntary returns to Afghanistan - over 60,000 this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan, Iran and other countries under UNHCR's voluntary return operation has exceeded 60,000 to date in 2011. 43,000 of these are from Pakistan and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Return figures to Afghanistan down to 60,000 in first 10 months]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 60,000 Afghan refugees return home with UNHCR help in the first 10 months compared to more than 100,000 over the same period in 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[1 Refugee Without Hope: Sick Afghan girl gets new Finnish start ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Fatemeh has a rare congenital disease that has already killed her brother. She and her parents were recently resettled from Iran to Finland on medical grounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps secure health insurance for all registered refugees in Iran]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Under an agreement between UNHCR, the government and a local company, refugees in Iran will be able to receive insurance for major medical care.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR assists hundreds of displaced Iraqis at border with Iran]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR, partner organizations and the Iraqi government help more than 800 people recently displaced by cross-border shelling on the frontier with Iran.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swedish MP taps on childhood experiences to help young refugees ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[New MP Hanif Bali cares deeply about the welfare of unaccompanied refugee children in Sweden. He first came to Sweden as a lone infant.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voluntary returns to Afghanistan exceed 100,000 this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran so far this year has exceeded 100,000, almost twice as many as last year. Some 95,000 of these are from Pakistan.
The Afghanistan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Number of voluntary returns to Afghanistan this year tops 100,000]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran this year has exceeded 100,000. All but 5,000 of these are from Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR says more attention needed for Afghan children on the move]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Monday 14 June 2010
Growing numbers of Afghan children are making a difficult and dangerous overland journey to Europe, travelling without their parents and exposed to dangers and human rights...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks US$18 million to assist Afghan refugees in Iran]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency calls for US$18 million to meet an anticipated shortfall this year in its requested funding for Afghan refugees in Iran. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks US$18 million to plug funding gap for Afghan refugees in Iran
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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is calling for US$18 million to meet an anticipated shortfall this year in its requested funding for Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
UNHCR, whose programmes for Afghan refugees are...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jun 2010 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 annual report shows 42 million people uprooted worldwide]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide stood at 42 million at the end of last year amid a sharp slowdown in repatriation and more prolonged conflicts resulting in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 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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