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Swedish bikers to raise awareness about refugees during world tour
30 Aug 2007 A student and a stockbroker have set off from Stockholm on a round-the-world motorbike trip during which they plan to raise awareness about the UN refugee agency and UNICEF. -
Roma head for Sweden to escape extreme poverty, alleged discrimination in Hungary
12 Dec 2006 Members of Hungary's Roma community have been seeking asylum in Sweden in unprecedented numbers in recent months, pleading poverty and alleging widespread discrimination in labour and education in the eastern European nation. -
Swedish teenagers raise US$800,000 to help Congolese refugee students
21 Sep 2006 Some 80,000 Swedish teenagers from 250 schools took part in this year's "Operation A Day's Work" campaign. They raised almost US$800,000 towards the education of Congolese refugee children in UNHCR schools at Rwanda's Gihembe camp. -
Thousands of Swedish teenagers collect money for refugee schools in Rwanda
10 May 2006 Some 80,000 teenagers from some 250 high schools in Sweden participated in a campaign to collect money for the education of Congolese refugee children in Rwanda. The event, dubbed "Operation A Day's Work", was organised by the Swedish Student Organisation. -
Virtual game offers insight into refugee experience
15 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has launched a web-based interactive game to promote integration and positive attitudes towards refugees by putting teenage players in their shoes. -
From Jordan's desert to Sweden's winter - a refugee family's story
7 Jun 2005 After spending most of their lives in refugee camps, Yaseen and his family were resettled to Sweden late last year. UNHCR checks back with them six months later, and finds them starting a hopeful life in their new home. -
Iranian Kurd refugees leave for Sweden; hundreds remain in no man's land
10 Dec 2004 A second and last group of 185 Iranian Kurds have left Jordan for resettlement in Sweden. While they can look forward to a new life, hundreds of their friends are still stuck in the harsh desert of the no man's land between Jordan and Iraq, waiting for a solution to their plight. -
Iraq: no man's land refugees
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Iranian Kurd refugees - different destinies and destinations
26 Nov 2004 The UN refugee agency has expressed great concern over the fate of nearly 4,200 Iranian Kurd refugees from Iraq's Al Tash camp after recent fighting sent some of them fleeing and cut off access to those who remain. Meanwhile, a separate group has been relocated from Jordan to Sweden.