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Number of Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey nears 140,000; humanitarian needs mount
23 Sep 2014 The first in a series of airlifts bringing aid for up to 200,000 people is expected to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday, followed by three more flights this week. -
UNHCR reports sharp increase in number of Iraqis fleeing to Jordan and Turkey
23 Sep 2014 Some 60 per cent of the refugees in Jordan cite fears of ISIS as reason for flight. An average 120 Iraqis per day register with UNHCR in Jordan in September. -
UNHCR steps up response as 130,000 Syrian refugees cross into Turkey
22 Sep 2014 The Turkish authorities and UNHCR are preparing for the possibility of hundreds of thousands more refugees arriving in the coming days. -
Cross-border aid reaches 12,000 displaced civilians in western Libya
18 Aug 2014 UNHCR has for the first time begun sending aid into western Libya from Tunisia to help some of the tens of thousands of people displaced by weeks of fighting. -
UNHCR fears for the safety of thousands of refugees in embattled Libya
5 Aug 2014 Almost 37,000 people are registered with UNHCR in Tripoli and Benghazi, with many living in areas heavily damaged by fighting and unable to leave to safer areas. -
UNHCR warns of dramatic consequences if funding gaps for Syrian refugees continue
3 Jul 2014 The UN refugee agency and its partners call on donors to fund a $3.74 billion programme as the Syria crisis deepens into its fourth year. -
UNHCR and host countries seek more help to cope with Syria refugee crisis
5 May 2014 UNHCR chief Guterres says that due to the protracted character of the crisis, international support needs to massively increase in the months to come. -
More than 20,000 Syrians flee to Turkey this year, biggest influx in months
11 Feb 2014 Over recent days more than 500 people have been arriving daily across official crossing points, sometimes as many as 1,000-2,000 daily. -
Syrian refugees: The kindness of a stranger in a southern Turkey border town
7 Nov 2013 Mahmut left his tourism business in Istanbul to come and help Syrian refugees in the town of Akcakale. He is now hosting three grateful families in his large family house.