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UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal
24 Nov 2008 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, representing the UN system, appeals to the international community to help meet the needs of tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people. -
Border officials work overtime to help Zimbabwean asylum seekers
5 Nov 2008 Backed by UNHCR, South African government staff working at the new Musina refugee reception office have granted 18,000 asylum seeker permits since July. -
Displaced foreigners prepare to vacate temporary shelters as deadline looms
14 Aug 2008 Friday, August 15, is the deadline for closing six temporary shelters set up in South Africa's Gauteng province for foreigners displaced in recent xenophobic attacks. Gloria is one of many asylum seekers who don't know where to go next. -
South Africa cuts nearly 500 km off Zimbabweans' asylum journey
7 Aug 2008 By issuing permits closer to a major entry point, South Africa has stepped up protection for Zimbabwean asylum seekers. -
South Africa: Changing pattern of displacement from Zimbabwe
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Zimbabweans face uphill struggle in search for asylum in South Africa
11 Jul 2008 UNHCR fears inadequate screening of Zimbabweans at the South African border could result in people with genuine fear of persecution being deported. -
Resourcefulness of Zimbabwean asylum seekers impresses UNHCR
21 Nov 2007 UNHCR's Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming exercise finds a high degree of self-reliance among Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the South African city of Port Elizabeth. -
Determined Zimbabweans flow into South Africa
9 Oct 2007 Each night hundreds of Zimbabweans attempt to slip into South Africa, a flow that presents major challenges both to the South African government and the UN refugee agency. -
Harvest time in Zimbabwe, refugees help themselves
19 Feb 2007 Under a UNHCR programme to improve agriculture - as a way of making Great Lakes refugees in Zimbabwe as self-reliant as possible - hundreds of refugees now raise some of their own food, improving both their diets and their self-respect.