-
UNHCR concern as shelter capacity in Georgia town of Gori is exhausted
2 Sep 2008 UNHCR is concerned about the humanitarian situation in and around the Georgian town of Gori, just south of the boundary with South Ossetia. -
Easing the woes of refugees, asylum seekers in St. Petersburg
29 Aug 2008 A look at the challenges and assistance offered in the city that hosts the second-largest concentration of refugees and asylum seekers in the Russian Federation. -
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.
