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UNHCR says ordered to close office in Libya
8 Jun 2010 Operations to help refugees in Libya suspended as government orders UN refugee agency to leave. -
Wim Wenders inspired by integration model set by idyllic town in Calabria
22 Mar 2010 A small hilltop town in southern Italy's rugged Reggio Calabria region shows how integration can work in a country under fire for its tough immigration policies. -
UNHCR chief and Libyan partner discuss protection for refugees in mixed migration flows
15 Oct 2009 High Commissioner António Guterres holds talks with UNHCR's main partner in Libya on ensuring protection for refugees and asylum-seekers caught in mixed migration flows. -
UNHCR awarded Italy's Terre e Pace peace prize
7 Aug 2009 UNHCR has been awarded Italy's Terre e Pace peace prize in recognition of the agency's work to safeguard the rights of asylum seekers. -
UNHCR helps boat people in Libya as search for survivors continues
1 Apr 2009 UNHCR staff in Tripoli were helping hundreds of boat people rescued off the coast of Libya as authorities search for other survivors in the Mediterranean. -
UNHCR shocked by reports of hundreds missing in Mediterranean
31 Mar 2009 UNHCR expresses shock and sorrow at reports that hundreds of people trying to reach Europe by sea are missing off the coast of Libya. -
UNHCR worried about conditions for 2,000 boat people on Italian island
23 Jan 2009 UNHCR expresses concern about the conditions faced by nearly 2,000 boat people in a reception centre on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. -
Dozens dead or missing in Gulf of Aden; boat people figures rise
4 Nov 2008 Amid a fresh Gulf of Aden tragedy, UNHCR says its estimates show a rise in irregular crossings of the Gulf and Mediterranean this year compared to 2007. -
UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya
4 Jul 2008 UNHCR, as part of its work on mixed migration flows, signs an agreement aimed at ensuring refugee and asylum seeker protection needs in Libya.