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Massive UNHCR airlift gets underway for tsunami victims
2 Jan 2005 A giant Antonov 124 cargo plane loaded with 100 tonnes of urgent relief supplies leaves Denmark to spearhead a massive UNHCR airlift operation aimed at providing vital aid to 100,000 people in Indonesia's tsunami-battered Aceh province. The three-day airlift operation will deliver 400 tonnes of aid from UNHCR stockpiles in Denmark and Dubai. On the ground, meanwhile, UNHCR's logistics and supply teams set up advance bases in northern Sumatra, while the refugee agency continues round-the-clock relief operations in Sri Lanka. -
UNHCR emergency airlift for Aceh set for takeoff
1 Jan 2005 A UN refugee agency emergency airlift operation was set to get off the ground Sunday from Denmark and Dubai, carrying 400 tonnes of urgent aid to Indonesia's disaster-razed province of Aceh. A 14-member emergency team of UNHCR specialists is also being deployed to Aceh as part of a joint UN response to the disaster. -
400 tonnes of UNHCR shelter, relief supplies bound for Aceh
31 Dec 2004 Starting this weekend, UNHCR will airlift shelter materials and other emergency supplies from its warehouses in Copenhagen and Dubai to assist an initial 100,000 tsunami-affected people in Indonesia's Aceh province. -
UNHCR to airlift emergency shelters for 100,000 people in Aceh
29 Dec 2004 UNHCR plans to airlift tents from its warehouse in Dubai to the devastated Indonesian province closest to the epicentre of the earthquake. The refugee agency has also contributed US$50,000 to the UN Emergency Relief Plan in Thailand, and continues relief efforts in Sri Lanka. -
Solutions found for East Timor's separated children
14 Dec 2004 After a long search, solutions have been found for nearly 4,500 children separated from their families during the upheaval in East Timor in 1999. Most have either been reunited with their families or will continue to stay with their caregivers in Timor-Leste and Indonesia. The two countries have signed an agreement on how to help the remaining 107 children and on how future cases will be managed. -
In PNG, refugees from Indonesia's Papua province start complex journey to new home
1 Oct 2004 The UN refugee agency is relocating a group of 185 refugees from Papua New Guinea's Vanimo to East Awin, where they can receive more land to grow crops and raise livestock, enjoy better services like education and health care, and apply for the right to free movement within their host country. -
Malaysia deports asylum seekers to Aceh despite UNHCR appeal
5 Sep 2003 Seven asylum seekers who originated from the Indonesian province of Aceh have been deported from Malaysia. This comes amid serious protection concerns raised by the UN refugee agency, and recent assurances against forced returns to the strife-torn province. -
UNHCR protests arrests of Acehnese in Kuala Lumpur
26 Aug 2003 More than 400 Acehnese asylum seekers have been arrested outside the UN refugee agency compound in the Malaysian capital in the last week. UNHCR has raised serious concerns about the detention, and urged the government to grant temporary protection to Acehnese fleeing the conflict at home. -
UNHCR urges solutions for refugees to combat trafficking
29 Apr 2003 UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has told an international gathering in Indonesia that a crackdown on people smuggling and trafficking must be accompanied by an effort to find solutions for those fleeing violence and persecution.