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Angelina Jolie and UNHCR chief Guterres visit boat people on Italian island
19 Jun 2011 Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie joins UNHCR chief António Guterres on Italy's Lampedusa Island to meet boat people from North Africa. -
UNHCR chief returns to Tunisia to meet refugees from Libya
17 Jun 2011 Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNHCR chief António Guterres returns to Tunisia to remind the world of its generosity in hosting refugees from Libya. -
At least 150 drown as yet another Lampedusa-bound boat capsizes
3 Jun 2011 The Tunisian navy and coast guard have rescued nearly 600 others who left Libya in hope of reaching the Italian island of Lampedusa. -
UNHCR worried about refugees and displaced people in strife-torn Yemen
3 Jun 2011 The escalating violence has killed two Somali refugees and displaced thousands of refugees and Yemenis alike. -
UNHCR urges more international support to ease tensions at Tunisia border camp
27 May 2011 Recent disturbances at Choucha camp point to the urgent need to find separate solutions for migrant workers and refugees fleeing the Libya conflict. -
Hundreds risk return to Libya in bid to reach Europe by boat
17 May 2011 The UN refugee agency says that among those crossing back into Libya are refugees, including Somalis, Ethiopians and Eritreans in a Tunisian camp. -
Death on the Mediterranean
13 May 2011 A young ethnic Oromo man from Ethiopia tells of a fateful boat trip that left 63 of his fellow passengers dead after they set off from Libya for an Italian island. -
UNHCR seeks better rescue mechanisms after Mediterranean drownings
10 May 2011 At least 19 people drown in efforts to escape Libya by boat. UNHCR urges European states to put in place more reliable mechanisms for rescue at sea. -
50,000 civilians flee Somalia in first quarter, double from a year earlier
29 Apr 2011 Kenya received most of the new arrivals, with more than 31,400. But UNHCR noted a sharp rise in the number of Somalis going to Ethiopia – some 12,200.