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Refugee Olympic Team to compete at Tokyo 2020
9 Oct 2018 International Olympic Committee announces a refugee team will again compete, following historic debut at Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. -
More than 1,600 Liberians return in one day after refugee status ends
31 Jul 2012 A month after their refugee status ended, another 12,000 Liberians still need help to return to Liberia from the region. -
Telecoms operator Lebara supports education for displaced children
2 Aug 2011 European telecoms operator Lebara launches fund-raising drive to help more than 100,000 displaced children in six countries get a proper education. -
Togo and Ghana receiving more Ivorian refugees as crisis spreads
29 Mar 2011 Eight West African countries now host some 116,000 Ivorian refugees amid fresh clashes in Côte d'Ivoire. -
Some 3,500 Ghanaians flee to Togo to escape village feuding
28 May 2010 A land dispute between two villages in north-eastern Ghana has forced 3,500 Ghanaians to flee their homes and cross into neighbouring Togo. -
Southern Latin America opens its arms to asylum-seekers
27 Aug 2009 Once an "exporter" of refugees, the countries of the Southern Cone are increasingly welcoming those fleeing violence and persecution in Colombia and Africa. -
Q&A: Refugees have a friend in Argentina's top diplomat
24 Oct 2008 Argentinian Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana has spent most of his life fighting for human rights. He talks about his country's policies towards refugees. -
Togolese refugees start going home from Ghana with UNHCR help
27 Sep 2007 The repatriation of Togolese refugees from Ghana has begun with a first group of 176 men, women and children people heading home with the help of the UN refugee agency. -
Argentina and other South American countries opening their doors to refugees
16 Apr 2007 In South America, Argentina, Brazil and Chile all run refugee resettlement programmes and they are likely to be joined this year by Paraguay and Uruguay. Initially most of those being resettled in these countries came from places like Afghanistan, Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, but now many are Colombians.