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Red Sea tragedy leaves 62 people dead in deadliest crossing of the year
6 Jun 2014 UNHCR has documented the arrival of 16,500 refugees and migrants on the Yemeni coast in the first four months of 2014, significantly less than the 35,000 in the same period last year. -
UNHCR support helps end sleepless nights for struggling students in Dadaab
2 May 2014 After settling in a new dormitory built by UNHCR, needy refugees and Kenyans studying at a Dadaab secondary school can now focus entirely on their studies. -
On a high seas rescue mission with the Italian Navy
21 Mar 2014 A flotilla of five navy vessels has saved more than 10,000 people from overcrowded boats on the Mediterranean under an operation launched last year. -
UNHCR urges continued international protection for asylum-seekers from Somalia
28 Jan 2014 UNHCR stresses the need for governments to assess applications for protection on the basis of reliable, up-to-date information about the situation in Somalia. -
LEGO Foundation donates US$3 million to build a future for refugee children
24 Jan 2014 The donation will fund UNHCR education programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Yemen. -
Almost 80,000 South Sudanese flee to neighbouring countries as fighting generates more displacement
14 Jan 2014 More than half have headed for Uganda's West Nile region straddling South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Love of family, country draw first refugees back to Somalia from Kenya
9 Dec 2013 Next January, UNHCR will begin assisting Somali refugees who want to return from Kenya on their own. One young mother tells what's pulling her home. -
UNHCR stresses that repatriation of Somalis from Kenya must be voluntary
26 Nov 2013 The understanding was reaffirmed when Kenyan and Somali refugee commissioners visited Dadaab refugee camp-complex to discuss the repatriation process. -
Enthusiastic turnout for elections at world's largest refugee site
28 Aug 2013 At the sprawling Dadaab complex in Kenya, tens of thousands of refugees are taking part in a four-day exercise to elect a new leadership.