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For refugees in Iran, health plan brings care and comfort
17 Dec 2015 Up to one million refugees in Iran gain state healthcare coverage known as Salamat Health Insurance under an unprecedented programme that began last month. -
Thousands still at Greek-FYR Macedonia border
4 Dec 2015 UNHCR calls on authorities of both countries to manage border in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles -
Afghan refugee defies oppression with paint
26 Nov 2015 Through her colourful artwork, 26-year-old Manizha captures the untold stories of Afghan women -
Young Afghan uses language skills to help medics on Lesvos
20 Nov 2015 Amena Yusufi, 21, puts her knowledge of five languages to use interpreting for refugees and medical teams in a tent on the Greek Island of Lesvos -
UNHCR chief says it is "absolute nonsense" to blame refugees for terror
17 Nov 2015 Guterres urges European Governments not to make any unilateral moves in the aftermath of recent attacks, but to find a united response -
Some 3,300 people a day still arriving on Lesvos
13 Nov 2015 Despite dangerous sea conditions and the approach of winter, the number of refugees and migrants arriving each day remains high. -
A childhood regained on Kos
11 Nov 2015 New transit centre supported by UNHCR and run by Greek NGO Praksis, offers food, shelter, medical care to all children arriving on the island -
UNHCR aids refugees on the Greek Islands
6 Nov 2015 An estimated 20,000 refugees and migrants are currently on the Islands of Chios, Kalymnos, Kos, Lesvos, Leros and Samos, many sleeping in tents and local parks, placing considerable strain on the limited reception facilities there -
Worsening weather brings more tragedy to eastern Aegean
29 Oct 2015 At least 15 people have died and 38 are missing in five incidents involving smuggler vessels carrying refugees and migrants between Turkey and Greece