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UNHCR interviews 179 Eritrean asylum seekers detained in Egypt
2 Jul 2008 UNHCR staff conduct interviews in southern Egypt with 179 detained Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers to determine if they qualify for refugee status. -
UNHCR launches refugee poster campaign in Belgium
10 Apr 2008 UNHCR launches bilingual poster campaign aimed at raising awareness in Belgium about refugees and highlighting their need for protection. -
UNHCR and Sudan kick off registration of Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees
4 Mar 2008 UNHCR and Sudan launch joint registration operation for tens of thousands of mostly Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees living in eastern Sudan. -
Report says young refugees suffer abuse after arrival in Europe
18 Feb 2008 A study conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands has found that young female and male refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are extremely vulnerable to several types of gender-based violence. -
UNHCR looks at solutions for Eritrean refugees of eastern Sudan
22 Aug 2007 While world attention has focused on the suffering in west Sudan's Darfur region in recent years, little has been heard about one of the world's most protracted refugee situations on the other side of the country. Tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees have found shelter in eastern Sudan. -
Eritrean refugees fly out of Ethiopia for a new life in the United States
5 Jul 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun the resettlement in the United States of some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea, flying out a first group of 29 from their current home in northern Ethiopia. -
Libyan NGO pledges to support UNHCR in North Africa
26 Feb 2007 During a visit to UNHCR's Geneva headquarters, the chairman of a Libyan non-governmental organisation, pledged on Monday to support the work of the UN refugee agency in North Africa. -
Asylum seekers get rare chance to tell their stories in Brussels exhibition
9 Nov 2006 A striking new exhibition in Brussels gives refugees an opportunity to tell policy-makers their stories of seeking asylum in the European Union (EU), which plans to introduce a common asylum system by the end of the decade. -
A taste of Belgian Christmas warms hearts of asylum seekers
29 Dec 2005 When a Belgian newspaper in the province of Limburg launched an initiative asking its readers to invite an asylum seeker to Christmas dinner, over 100 families responded. For the Belgian hosts and their guests it turned out to be a memorable experience full of human warmth, and the start of some unexpected friendships.