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Displaced meet in Gori as they flee new violence or try to head home
27 Aug 2008 People escaping a buffer zone between Georgia and the South Ossetia region, and other villagers trying to return home, are flocking to the Georgian town of Gori. -
Growing numbers of displaced return to their homes in Georgia
26 Aug 2008 UNHCR opens an office in the Georgian town of Gori as more and more people return to their homes south of the breakaway South Ossetia region. -
"Hazelnut refugees" may soon be able to sleep at home again
26 Aug 2008 Conflict may have forced the people of Ganmuhuri to flee from the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, but it could not stop them from returning to harvest their hazelnuts. -
UNHCR chief visits South Ossetia
22 Aug 2008 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia to assess the humanitarian situation. -
UNHCR begins aid distribution in western Georgia
20 Aug 2008 UNHCR begins distributing aid for the first time since the recent conflict to thousands of people displaced in western Georgia. -
UNHCR chief arrives in Georgia; urges donors to help aid effort
19 Aug 2008 High Commissioner Guterres meets people uprooted by the recent fighting in and around South Ossetia and discusses the situation with Georgian officials. -
UNHCR secures safe passage for Georgians fearing further fighting
15 Aug 2008 More than 700 frightened residents of the remote Khodori Valley in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region were escorted to safety in a two-day operation mounted by UN refugee agency staff. This comes as UNHCR airlifts over 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Georgia. -
Second UNHCR airlift reaches Georgia; aid for 40,000 being distributed
15 Aug 2008 Sixty-six tonnes of relief items have reached Tbilisi from UNHCR's stockpiles in Dubai on two flights so far. Despite a carjacking incident involving two UNHCR vehicles, the agency continues to distribute aid to the neediest victims of South Ossetia conflict. Two airlifts are also expected to bring aid supplies to North Ossetia next week. -
First UNHCR airlift arrives in Georgia as uprooted numbers rise
12 Aug 2008 The UN refugee agency's first emergency flight reached Georgia this morning with 34 tonnes of urgent supplies for people affected by the South Ossetia conflict. An estimated 100,000 people have been uprooted by the fighting.