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Lyon restaurant serves up Syrian menu to launch Refugee Food Festival
15 Jun 2017 After last year's success, the festival goes international with events in 13 European cities, starting in the capital of French gastronomy. -
Soccer stars kick off campaign to help refugees
13 Jun 2017 Iconic footballers Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior back collaboration between FC Barcelona Foundation and UNHCR to help people displaced by war and persecution. -
Urgent help needed for Central American children on the run
31 May 2017 As the number of children fleeing gang violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras soars, UNHCR is launching a campaign for US$18 million in vital aid. -
UNHCR calls for urgent action as Central America asylum claims soar
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Mediterranean crossings in 2015 already top 100,000
9 Jun 2015 As of June 8, a total of 103,000 refugees and migrants had arrived in Europe: 54,000 in Italy, 48,000 in Greece, 91 on Malta and 920 in Spain. -
Statelessness: UNHCR helps indigenous people without frontiers in Central America
7 May 2015 For the Ngöbe Bugle whose ancestral territory straddles Costa Rica and Panama, a life of trans-border migration makes birth registration a challenge. -
UNHCR concerned over Spain's bid to legalize push-backs from enclaves
28 Oct 2014 More than 5,000 people have arrived irregularly so far this year in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. They include 2,000 people fleeing the conflict in Syria. -
For a refugee family in Spain, a new life presents new challenges
25 Jul 2013 After a year in a reception centre, a refugee family from Sudan moves cautiously towards independent living. -
Q&A: Spanish clowns make refugees laugh with their favourite girlfriend
23 Feb 2011 Jaume Mateu is better known as Tortell Poltrona, the clown with the red nose. For almost two decades, he's been entertaining refugee children worldwide.