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UN refugee chief praises Djibouti new refugee laws
15 Dec 2017 Filippo Grandi applauds Djibouti for recognizing the need to view camps as villages, calls the country an example to Africa and the world. -
'Growing hopelessness' grips 'forgotten' Somali refugees, warns UNHCR
9 Jan 2017 UNHCR Special Envoy Mohamed Abdi Affey says nearly one million displaced Somalis face growing desperation as donors become fatigued. -
Walking and collecting, Yemeni keeps hopes alive in exile
23 Mar 2016 A passionate walker and coin collector before war drove him from Yemen, refugee now hikes to find objects for a "curiosity museum." -
Almost 100,000 flee Yemen in four months since fighting started
4 Aug 2015 UNHCR seriously concerned as receiving countries struggle to cope in face of funding crisis. -
One year on, thousands flee Somalia every month, but successes too
5 Jun 2012 The priority and toughest challenge for UNHCR over the past year has been to help reduce mortality and malnutrition rates among new Somali refugees. -
Famine forces Somali granny and her children on a long trek for food
25 Jul 2011 When her livestock died off, 55-year-old Nuuriya decided to flee her village and seek help. She's now trying to get used to Galkayo, her new home. -
Famine victims converge on Mogadishu; region's camps report deaths
22 Jul 2011 Every day, the Somali capital receives about 1,000 famine- and conflict-hit people. Some Somali refugees who make it to neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya are on the brink of death. -
Q&A: Doctor alarmed by death, malnutrition among Somali refugees
21 Jul 2011 As chief of UNHCR's Public Health and HIV section, Dr Paul Spiegel has been in many emergencies. But what he saw at the Ethiopia border was shocking. -
UNHCR boosts aid delivery inside Somalia
19 Jul 2011 The UN refugee agency is scaling up aid distribution in Somalia's south and west as the humanitarian situation deteriorates.