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UNHCR set to help relocate thousands of Malian refugees from borders
14 Feb 2012 UNHCR field staff say people are living in makeshift shelters, facing extremes of heat by day and cold at night. The health situation is relatively stable. -
UNHCR steps up emergency response to crisis in Mali
7 Feb 2012 UNHCR flies tents to Nema in Mauritania, launching an aid airlift to countries hosting refugees from Mali. Trucks are also taking aid to influx areas. -
Mauritania to let 20,000 refugees return home from Mali and Senegal
22 Jun 2007 The Mauritanian government has decided to allow some 20,000 refugees to return home from neighbouring Mali and Senegal, where some of them have spent almost two decades in exile.