Designing appropriate interventions in urban settings: Health, education, livelihoods and registration for urban refugees and returnees
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Number of internally displaced people remains stable at 26 million
4 May 2009 ... " Millions of IDPs are forced to survive in appalling conditions, in informal settlements alongside local communities, or hiding in urban slums or forests from the groups who displaced them." ...... -
UNHCR steps up efforts to stem Gulf of Aden crossings as numbers mount
22 May 2009 ... getting on the smugglers' boats in the main departure point of Bossasso, a crowded commercial town in Somalia's northeast Puntland region with large slum areas hosting displaced people and migrants. ...... -
Return to, and Reintegration into, Urban Settings: Discussion Paper for the High Commissioner's Dialogue
1 Dec 2009 ... areas cannot meet the higher rent payments or have no family or social network with whom to share living space, they then risk becoming homeless or taking up tenuous existence in slum dwellings . ...... -
UNHCR chief welcomes new government of Iraq, calls for end to displacement chapter
24 Jan 2011 ... "These people are living in dramatic circumstances. They are homeless or living in slums and feel a high level of despair," Mr. Guterres said. "We need to provide more humanitarian assistance to the ...... -
UNHCR Global Appeal 2012-2013 - Colombia
1 Dec 2011 ... H E G E R Afro-Colombian children, belonging to a community in danger of being displaced, play in a slum area on the Pacific coast of Colombia. The overall goal is to strengthen the international ...... -
Colombia's indigenous pushed to find safety in cities
18 Oct 2012 ... Many were killed, but more - like Hilda - fled for safety, leaving behind their unique way of life and the freedom of their territories. They headed for the slums of the towns and cities, where they ...... -
Number of Syrian refugees reaches 1 million mark
6 Mar 2013 ... She was registered in the coastal city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon on Wednesday. She has been living in a dilapidated two-room building in a Tripoli slum since crossing the border just over two ...... -
Helena Christensen appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
13 Jun 2019 ... During this trip she met and photographed Maribeth (see photos), who lives in the slums outside of Bogota, Colombia. She used her photography to show that Maribeth, although displaced, is not defined ...... -
UNHCR Global Appeal 2014-2015 - The Americas regional summary
1 Dec 2013 ... Many camps have become de facto slums, and it is estimated that the number of IDPs is significantly higher than officially recorded. This population remains extremely vulnerable. • While a precise ......