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After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia
18 May 2015 Fatimah, her two girls and over 500 others spent months on a smuggler's boat until they were rescued by fishermen in Aceh, where the locals have welcomed them with open arms. -
The pain of an Iraqi family separated in flight from Ramadi in Anbar province
13 May 2015 Imad and Nathil fled Ramadi when the fighting came to their district, but their eldest of four children got left behind in another town. They worry about her all the time. -
A huge burden lifted as refugee restaurant owner gains Estonian citizenship
11 May 2015 Karwan has worked hard to fit in, learning the language, making friends, finding employment, starting a family. It all paid off earlier this year. -
UNHCR concerned about the challenges facing thousands of Iraqis fleeing Ramadi
22 Apr 2015 Some 114,000 Iraqis have fled Ramadi over the past two weeks to escape conflict. Of these, about 39,000 remain stuck inside Anbar province. -
UNHCR concerned by border practices after deaths of two Iraqis at the Bulgaria-Turkey border
31 Mar 2015 Measures that make it more difficult to enter the EU are forcing people seeking international protection to take increasingly dangerous route to enter -
Q&A: Positive outlook for Iraq, but improvement will take months to show
17 Mar 2015 Meanwhile, the numbers and needs of Syrian refugees and Iraqis displaced within their country are expected to continue growing throughout 2015. -
Desperate Iraqis end up in Hungary after ill-timed detour to war-torn Ukraine
5 Mar 2015 Yusuf and Omar fled war in Iraq – only to find a different conflict engulfing their safe haven in Ukraine. Now they are in Hungary and hope for safety in Western Europe. -
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq, calls for international leadership to end suffering
25 Jan 2015 Humanitarian situation has deteriorated dramatically since UNHCR Special Envoy's last Iraq visit in September 2012 -
Building a Camp: a measured response to Iraqi displacement
15 Jan 2015 Amid the onset of winter, UNHCR takes the lead in planning and constructing a new camp, Al Wand 2, in Iraq's Diyala province for some 2,500 people.