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Swedish teenagers raise US$800,000 to help Congolese refugee students
21 Sep 2006 Some 80,000 Swedish teenagers from 250 schools took part in this year's "Operation A Day's Work" campaign. They raised almost US$800,000 towards the education of Congolese refugee children in UNHCR schools at Rwanda's Gihembe camp. -
UNHCR worried about welfare of Iranian-Kurds on Iraq-Jordan border
11 Jul 2006 After spending more than a year in no man's land between Iraq and Jordan, 200 Iranian Kurds have recently been holding demonstrations to press their demand for resettlement in a third country. Three of them have started a hunger strike and their health has seriously deteriorated. UNHCR offers of assistance and alternative solutions have been spurned. -
Thousands of Swedish teenagers collect money for refugee schools in Rwanda
10 May 2006 Some 80,000 teenagers from some 250 high schools in Sweden participated in a campaign to collect money for the education of Congolese refugee children in Rwanda. The event, dubbed "Operation A Day's Work", was organised by the Swedish Student Organisation. -
Tying up legal loose ends helps Afghans return from Iran
24 Nov 2005 Four years after the fall of the Taliban regime, Afghan refugees continue to go home in large numbers from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. But the desire to return is often complicated by outstanding legal and financial issues - a situation that, in Iran, has been eased by an effective dispute-solving process. -
Last group of Iranian Kurd refugees starts relocation from endangered Iraq camp
10 Nov 2005 On Wednesday, registration of a group of 439 Iranian Kurd refugees began in Kawa, northern Iraq. The new site will accommodate the last 2,000 refugees left in the decades-old Al Tash camp, which has been beset by violence and insecurity since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. -
Virtual game offers insight into refugee experience
15 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has launched a web-based interactive game to promote integration and positive attitudes towards refugees by putting teenage players in their shoes. -
From Jordan's desert to Sweden's winter - a refugee family's story
7 Jun 2005 After spending most of their lives in refugee camps, Yaseen and his family were resettled to Sweden late last year. UNHCR checks back with them six months later, and finds them starting a hopeful life in their new home. -
Afghan New Year signals new returns, new challenges
21 Mar 2005 Afghanistan and Iran are celebrating naw roz today, marking the end of a harsh winter and a new season of activity. This year, many Afghans are expected to follow in the footsteps of the over 1 million who have returned home from Iran, seeking a better life in their homeland. -
Refugees at Iraq-Jordan border receive urgent aid
11 Feb 2005 A group of 102 Iranian Kurd refugees from Iraq's Al Tash camp who have been stranded at the Iraq-Jordan border for weeks today received food and relief supplies from the UN refugee agency through the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation.