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Fighting and despair triggers rise in numbers fleeing Syria to Jordan
19 Mar 2015 An average of 250 Syrian refugees have crossed the border into Jordan every day this week – a sharp increase compared with recent months. -
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. -
Syrian refugee starts pizza delivery service in Za'atari camp
2 Mar 2015 Abu Mahmood makes between 30 and 50 deliveries a day, most often to aid workers at their offices or to refugees in distant parts of the camp. -
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. -
Winter storms bring more hardship to refugees in Jordan's Za'atari camp
9 Jan 2015 Dozens of families in Jordan's largest camp remained camped in emergency shelters after their tents collapsed under the weight of snow. -
Refugees caught in heavy snow as storms lash Lebanon and Jordan
7 Jan 2015 Thousands of refugees have been struggling to keep warm and protect their shelters as winter storms bring plummeting temperatures, heavy snow, strong winds and rain. -
Displaced Iraqis seek safety and aid in camps as winter falls
30 Dec 2014 Arbat is one of 24 camps for displaced Iraqis now open across the country. Another 17 are under construction, expected to be ready by the end of January.