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Chios: Greek island battles odds to cope with refugee influx
22 Dec 2015 One family's dangerous flight takes them to Chios, where authorities are quietly going about the business of processing refugees. -
For refugees in Iran, health plan brings care and comfort
17 Dec 2015 Up to one million refugees in Iran gain state healthcare coverage known as Salamat Health Insurance under an unprecedented programme that began last month. -
Thousands still at Greek-FYR Macedonia border
4 Dec 2015 UNHCR calls on authorities of both countries to manage border in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles -
Afghan refugee defies oppression with paint
26 Nov 2015 Through her colourful artwork, 26-year-old Manizha captures the untold stories of Afghan women -
New friendships for first-time Syrian cyclists in Berlin
25 Nov 2015 Shiraz, a Syrian asylum-seeker from Aleppo, is learning how to cycle so she can get around like the locals in her new home in Germany. -
Young Afghan uses language skills to help medics on Lesvos
20 Nov 2015 Amena Yusufi, 21, puts her knowledge of five languages to use interpreting for refugees and medical teams in a tent on the Greek Island of Lesvos -
After Paris attacks, refugees should not be turned into scapegoats
17 Nov 2015 UNHCR concerned at reports attacker may have entered Europe in current influx, but stresses overwhelming majority are fleeing persecution and conflict -
Asylum-seekers await application results at historic Berlin airport
17 Nov 2015 Berlin Tempelhof Airport provides temporary home to 2,000 asylum seekers, including 500 children, as their claims are assessed. -
UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror
17 Nov 2015 Guterres urges European Governments not to make any unilateral moves in the aftermath of recent attacks, but to find a united response