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First refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Rwanda
12 Mar 2021 Over 400 health service workers and residents of Gashora transit centre get their first jabs, as part of national vaccine plan that covers all refugees and asylum-seekers. -
Asylum-seekers tell of relief as they leave Libya for Rwanda
20 Nov 2020 As life-saving evacuation flights to Rwanda resume after nearly a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, vulnerable asylum seekers put their ordeals in Libya behind them. -
Fear haunts refugees in Sri Lanka in wake of attacks
30 May 2019 UNHCR is working closely with authorities to find solutions for around 1,000 refugees forced to leave their homes after the April 21 bombings. -
UNHCR prepares to send aid to Cyclone Idai survivors in Zimbabwe
25 Mar 2019 UNHCR is readying tents, tarpaulins, solar lanterns, cooking utensils and other aid for thousands of refugees who lost homes in Zimbabwe. -
Finding solutions to Afghan displacement key to the future, Grandi says
27 Nov 2018 UN refugee chief tells high-level panel at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan the search for solutions to displacement 'must be intensified.' -
Afghan refugees share hopes and fears with UN refugee and relief chiefs
9 Sep 2018 In visit to Pakistan, UNHCR's Filippo Grandi and OCHA's Mark Lowcock urge more investment in refugee-hosting areas and highlight need for greater stability in Afghanistan. -
Facing the hardest separation
15 May 2018 International Day of Families, which is today, is an important moment to reflect on Australia's separation of refugees and asylum-seekers. It's time to bring them together. -
IOC launches campaign to bring light to refugee camps
20 Nov 2017 International Olympic Committee and UNHCR team up in 'Become the Light' campaign for refugee camps without adequate lighting. -
Afghans dream of stepping out of the shadows with Pakistan ID scheme
21 Jul 2017 Programme aims to provide up to one million undocumented Afghans with identity cards legalizing their stay in Pakistan.