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UNHCR chief visits emergency transit centre in Romania
28 May 2010 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Europe's first emergency transit centre and meets Sri Lankan and Palestinian refugees. -
Last Bosnian refugees in Hungary return to psychiatric care centre after two decades in exile
23 Oct 2009 A group of vulnerable refugees with mental illnesses, evacuated from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, have finally returned to their homeland. -
Integration systems in Central Europe at breaking point
8 Jul 2009 Many refugees are finding life difficult in the Central European countries where they live because of insufficient integration polices and support. -
Sissi's bequest helps refugee children 111 years after her murder
27 Apr 2009 The legendary Empress Elisabeth of Austria helps refugee children in Budapest more than 100 years after she was stabbed to death in Switzerland. -
Resettlement to Germany of Iraqi refugees in Syria gets under way
19 Mar 2009 A group of 122 vulnerable Iraqi refugees fly to northern German from Syria as a government programme to resettle 2,500 Iraqis officially gets under way. -
First Iraqi family departs Jordan for resettlement in Germany
16 Mar 2009 Germany's resettlement programme for Iraqi refugees gets under way as a family of three leaves Jordan for a new life in the southern city of Stuttgart. -
Emergency transit centre in Romania sets precedent for other countries
13 Mar 2009 Dignitaries cut a ribbon to formally open the centre as refugees look on. -
UNHCR launches campaign to debunk asylum myths in Austria
16 Feb 2009 UNHCR launches a major campaign in Austria to debunk myths about asylum seekers, using billboards, postcards, the internet, radio and television. -
Rwandan refugee qualifies as a doctor thanks to DAFI programme
30 Jan 2009 A Rwandan refugee who found safety in South Africa has now added the title doctor before his name - thanks to the DAFI scholarship programme.