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South Sudan: UNHCR tackles a health crisis
29 Aug 2012 A few weeks after moving 32,000 refugees from the Sudan border, UNHCR is working vigorously to combat a serious health crisis. -
German scholarship helps refugees become class acts
23 Aug 2012 The German government has offered young refugees in India additional DAFI scholarships for higher education, giving them an opportunity to earn degrees and improve their lives. -
Mobile counselling helps refugees in Nepal decide their future
16 Aug 2012 UNHCR teams provide information that helps refugee families from Bhutan decide together on whether to seek resettlement to another country. -
Dreams do come true: advancing local integration in Venezuela
15 Aug 2012 20 years after Celina Gelvez was first driven from her home in Colombia, she has been given a house for her family -
Congolese refugees helped home as UNHCR programme accelerates
8 Aug 2012 Nearly 50,000 will voluntarily repatriate to Equateur Province this year, three years after they fled attacks -
Jordan opens new camp for Syrian refugees amid funding gaps
30 Jul 2012 Za'atri camp was set up in record time to move refugees from overcrowded border sites. The new camp was not foreseen in the US$193 million appeal that is severely under-funded. -
UNHCR transfers hundreds of Congolese daily to new camp
18 Jul 2012 In just a few weeks, UNHCR has transferred almost 10,000 Congolese refugees to the Kigeme camp in hilly terrain in southern Rwanda. -
Olympic kits to bring the joy of sport to tens of thousands of refugees
18 Jul 2012 UNHCR will help distribute sport kits in 20 countries in three continents over the next two years under a programme with the IOC and Samsung. -
For those forced to live under canvas, a simple solution to a searing problem
11 Jul 2012 In North-West Pakistan, work is underway to improve the living conditions of thousands of families living in a settlement for the internally displaced.