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'Growing hopelessness' grips 'forgotten' Somali refugees, warns UNHCR
9 Jan 2017 UNHCR Special Envoy Mohamed Abdi Affey says nearly one million displaced Somalis face growing desperation as donors become fatigued. -
Q&A: Yemenis face a 'struggle for survival'
20 Dec 2016 UNHCR's country representative, Ayman Gharaibeh, warns war is tearing the fabric of Yemen apart and creating a humanitarian catastrophe. -
Conflict pushes displaced Yemenis to the brink
14 Dec 2016 UNHCR warns millions of displaced Yemenis face "humanitarian catastrophe" as 21 months of war deepen hunger, poverty and suffering. -
UNHCR moves 1,100 out of tents, beating first snows of winter
8 Dec 2016 Agency has arranged 19,500 places in apartments, hotels and with host families throughout Greece for relocation candidates and vulnerable asylum-seekers. -
UNHCR delivers more aid in Yemen, welcomes ceasefire
21 Oct 2016 Latest aid distributions to 125,000 displaced in Taizz are part of an on-going humanitarian response since March 2015. -
Volunteers who saved lives on Lesvos nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
7 Oct 2016 Two volunteers who spent 2015 helping refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesvos honoured with Nobel Peace Prize nomination. -
Greek volunteers receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
3 Oct 2016 Joint winners the Hellenic Rescue Team and Efi Latsoudi of PIKPA village on Lesvos presented with humanitarian award at ceremony in Geneva. -
Survivors tell of fights over lifejackets as boat flipped off Egypt
30 Sep 2016 In interviews with UNHCR, survivors recall their horror as a trawler that smugglers packed with up to 500 people capsized, claiming at least 202 lives. -
Talk, or the water will break your heart
23 Sep 2016 Volunteers for 2016 Nansen Refugee Award winners Hellenic Rescue Team share their experience of a traumatic year.