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A safe Romanian pit stop on the road to resettlement
13 Jan 2015 For a young Somali man, the Emergency Transit Centre in Timisoara, Romania, was the first breath of freedom after almost a lifetime in refugee camps. -
Hungry for help: refugees in Kenya feel the effects of recent food cuts
9 Jan 2015 Nyachot displays a handful of maize grains that form part of the food ration she receives in World Food Programme restored full rations in January, but the funding situation remains uncertain and WFP and UNHCR have issued joint appeals to donors. -
UNHCR seeks to reassure refugees in Kenya facing food shortages
21 Nov 2014 The World Food Programme and UNHCR are working together to resolve the food problem for a total 490,000 refugees in Kakuma and Dadaab camps. -
UN chief Ban Ki-moon lauds Somali refugees in Dadaab camp
30 Oct 2014 During a tour of Ifo 2 camp, the UN chief calls the situation in the Dadaab refugee complex a man-made tragedy that would never have happened had leaders listened more to their people. -
Fishing for a living in the desert wastes of northern Kenya
22 Oct 2014 Most of his Burundian refugee neighbours thought Noah Ilambona had been in the sun too long when he unveiled plans to start a fish farm in Kakuma camp. -
Innovation: UNHCR and Vodafone bring tablet-based learning to 18,000 Somali refugees
9 Oct 2014 Almost 400 teachers will be trained to provide tablet-based education programmes to some 18,000 young people at 13 instant network centres across Dadaab camp. -
UN Refugee Chief warns against overlooking humanitarian crises in Africa
29 Sep 2014 The head of the UN Refugee agency issues a stark warning against overlooking humanitarian crises in Africa, as a high level meeting on refugees in Africa gets underway, at UNHCR's ExCom. -
UNHCR warns Australia-Cambodia agreement on refugee relocation could set worrying precedent
26 Sep 2014 Refugees are fleeing persecution or conflict and are entitled to better treatment than being shipped from one country to the next -
Insecurity, drought and lack of livelihoods force 100,000 to flee homes in Somalia
16 Sep 2014 The majority, some 80 per cent, are internally displaced in Somalia, including 80,000 people fleeing their homes because of military conflict.