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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. -
New exhibition in Venice explores the experience of refugees
11 May 2019 Rothko in Lampedusa showcases work by artists such as Ai Weiwei and those of five emerging artists from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast and Somalia who are refugees. -
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. -
Afghan refugees in Syria forced to move on to Romania
12 Mar 2018 Thirty years after they fled their homeland, Muhammad Hussain and his family found themselves caught up in conflict again. -
From refugee to friend: hosting refugees a 'win-win' for some in UK
16 Jan 2018 A series of photos by Aubrey Wade, backed by UNHCR, highlights how UK households have discovered that offering a room to a refugee can benefit both parties. -
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. -
Refugee and migrant flows through Libya on the rise - report
3 Jul 2017 UNHCR study finds the North African country is by far the preferred jumping off point for refugees and migrants hoping to reach Europe, yet it is particularly unsafe. -
Number fleeing Burundi to neighbouring countries tops 300,000
23 Sep 2016 Reception capacities in host countries Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are severely overstretched, UNHCR warns.