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Jolie, Powell launch World Refugee Day celebrations in Washington, D.C.
18 Jun 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and US Secretary of State Colin Powell have launched a series of performances in the US capital to celebrate the strength and spirit of refugees. -
Jolie discusses unaccompanied children with US senior officials
27 May 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has met with senior government officials in the American capital as a follow-up to her recent visit to unaccompanied children of asylum seekers in the United States. -
High Commissioner to visit the United States
14 May 2004 -
Goodwill Ambassador Jolie visits detained children in Arizona
29 Apr 2004 Unaccompanied children should be given access to legal representation and guardians while in detention, said UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie during a visit to three detention centres for asylum seekers in Arizona. -
Afghan refugee family halted by 9/11 finally heads to new life in USA
11 Feb 2004 The flight that refugee Afghan refugee Sadiq Mir and his family were scheduled to take on 11 Sept., 2001 has finally taken off, carrying them to a new life in the United States. -
High Commissioner wraps up United States visit
23 May 2003 -
Somali Bantus leave for America with hope for a new life
22 May 2003 The first groups of Somali Bantu refugees have left Kenya for a new life in the United States. In all, some 11,800 of them will take part in one of the biggest resettlement operations to take place out of Africa. -
High Commissioner's United States visit
20 May 2003 -
UNHCR concerned by U.S. asylum seeker policy change
21 Mar 2003