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Nansen Award helps Italian aid worker "be a stronger voice for a people who have no voice"
26 Jun 2003 Receiving the Nansen Refugee Award at a Geneva ceremony, Italian humanitarian worker Dr Annalena Tonelli said she hoped the award will help refocus attention on the problems of Somalia, where she has provided health care to the local communities for more than three decades. -
Italian woman wins Nansen Refugee Award for work in Somalia
15 Apr 2003 The UN refugee agency's annual award goes to Annalena Tonelli, an Italian woman who has spent more than three decades helping Somalis fight tuberculosis, AIDS, illiteracy, blindness, malnutrition and female genital mutilation. -
A new home for Tripoli's refugees
4 Dec 2002 Tripoli's neediest refugees have been transferred to new accommodation as Libya expands its co-operation with the UN refugee agency. -
UNHCR applauds Italy's treatment of boatpeople, but expresses concern over tone of political debate
22 Mar 2002 The refugee agency praises Italy's handling of the latest incident involving the arrival of nearly 1,000 Kurds on the "Monica", but expresses serious concern about the increasingly inflammatory tone of the political debate surrounding asylum and immigration issues.