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First phase of voluntary return to Pakistan's Mohmand Agency gets under way
16 Apr 2010 Adam Khan watched as some 90 displaced people left Pakistan's Jalozai camp and headed home. He expects to follow soon and has started packing. -
UNHCR welcomes Pakistan's decision to extend stay of Afghan refugees
25 Mar 2010 UNHCR welcomes Pakistan's decision to allow 1.7 million registered Afghans to remain in the country for three more years, alongside continued voluntary repatriation. -
Milestone in Asia as Ethiopian man is granted South Korean citizenship
24 Mar 2010 For the first time since the Republic of Korea adopted the 1951 Refugee Convention, a recognized refugee is granted South Korean citizenship. -
Home remains a dream for the displaced in Pakistan's Jalozai camp
4 Mar 2010 The restoration of peace in parts of northern Pakistan allows many people to return home, but hundreds of thousands remain displaced and reliant on aid. -
UNHCR-funded welfare centres help the needy in Swat Valley
22 Feb 2010 UNHCR funds the establishment of special welfare centres in north-west Pakistan to help people displaced by fighting to recover from their ordeal. -
UNHCR requests US$69 million to help internally displaced Pakistanis
9 Feb 2010 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on donors for an extra US$69 million to help more than 1 million internally displaced people in Pakistan over the next six months. -
UNHCR helps South Waziristan's displaced in neighbouring districts
31 Dec 2009 The UN refugee agency helps tens of thousands of displaced Pakistani civilians, each with a harrowing story to tell, in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts. -
Some 3,000 Afghan refugees to leave Islamabad slum for new home
8 Dec 2009 UNHCR helps move some 3,000 Afghan refugees from a slum in Islamabad to an undeveloped plot of land in a green belt on the edge of the capital city. -
UNHCR distributing winter aid to tens of thousands of displaced Pakistanis
24 Nov 2009 UNHCR begin to distribute winter relief supplies to some 85,000 internally displaced people (IDP) living in camps in north-west Pakistan.