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UNHCR winds up cash-starved Timor-Leste operation
3 Jul 2007 The UN refugee agency has ended nearly 14 months of emergency action in Timor-Leste because of a lack of money. The last international staff have left the young nation, leaving behind a small core of national staff to help rebuild the skills of civil servants and look after a few refugees from Asia and West Africa. -
Iraqi refugee family traverses half the globe seeking a new home
27 Dec 2006 For one Iraqi, the search for a better life has taken him half-way around the world and thrown him into the clutches of people smugglers. Now safe in Indonesia, but only allowed to stay temporarily, he and his wife and three daughters dream of making a permanent home in a country like Australia. -
Timor-Leste: When this nun speaks, even rival gangs listen
3 Oct 2006 Thousands of Timor-Leste's displaced people are heading into a rainy season, still living in tents. UNHCR is distributing items to make their life a little more bearable, and a feisty nun is standing up to rival gangs who have been terrorising the 2,000 displaced people under the protection of her Roman Catholic order. -
UNHCR hands relief items to Timor-Leste, expresses concern about security situation
1 Sep 2006 UNHCR on Friday handed relief items to the government of Timor-Leste to help families whose houses were destroyed during violence earlier this year. The refugee agency also expressed concern about fresh violence in the country. -
Japanese ambassador visits resilient IDPs in foothills near Dili
14 Jul 2006 Japanese Ambassador Kenji Shimizu received a warm welcome from villagers when he helped a UNHCR mission distribute aid to displaced people outside the Timor-Leste capital Dili. Japan has donated US$2 million towards the refugee agency's emergency relief operations in Timor-Leste. -
Troubleshooting UNHCR technicians get to work on Dili's crowded camps
11 Jul 2006 UNHCR has formed a mobile technical team to deal with drainage problems and other repair work at crowded camps in the Timor-Leste capital Dili. The teams have started working at several sites where displaced people have gathered. -
Blankets bring respite to those staying in hills near Dili
4 Jul 2006 UNHCR continues its relief operations within Dili and in areas outside the Timor-Leste capital. Distribution of blankets is welcome for the young and elderly in the foothills near Dili as it gets chilly at night during the coldest month of the year. -
Dili tense amid a fresh outbreak of looting, shooting and arson
28 Jun 2006 Several neighbourhoods of the Timor-Leste capital, Dili, have been hit by a fresh wave of violence, arson and intimidation. Despite the trouble, UNHCR continues to distribute aid and help the internally displaced. -
UNHCR brings relief to both sides in the divided Timor village of Hera
26 Jun 2006 UNHCR continues to deliver aid to displaced people in areas outside the Timor-Leste capital Dili and finds the same tensions that are apparent in the city. Meanwhile, a fresh shipment of UNHCR aid for the country was scheduled to be sent from Jordan later Monday.