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Dutch lottery donates 1.4 million euros for UNHCR projects this year
5 Feb 2010 The Dutch National Postcode Lottery donates 1.4 million euros to the UN refugee agency for use in projects around the world this year. -
Chechen refugee finds an outlet for his talent in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge
29 Sep 2009 A UNHCR-funded income-generation project helps a former policeman and his wife to become self-sufficient as refugees in north-east Georgia. -
Georgia issues travel documents to Chechen refugees
15 Apr 2009 The Georgian government has for the first time granted Chechen refugees the right to travel overseas, earning praise from the UN refugee agency. -
Dutch National Postcode Lottery donates 1 million euros to UNHCR
9 Feb 2009 The Dutch National Postcode Lottery donates 1 million euros to support the global work of the UN refugee agency. -
Netherlands signs accord to use UNHCR Refworld research tool
21 Jan 2009 The Netherlands signs an agreement that will make it the first country to use UNHCR's Refworld as its main research tool in determining asylum claims. -
German scholarship widens options for refugees in Russia
30 Dec 2008 The Albert Einstein Academic Refugee Initiative, or DAFI, is helping 26 refugees in the Russian Federation to pursue professional qualifications in computer technologies, education, medicine and engineering, among other fields. -
Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resume normal life after Georgia scare
1 Oct 2008 Chechen refugees feared the worst during the conflict over South Ossetia, but their homes in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge were left untouched and life is returning to normal. -
More than 5,000 refugees resettled from Nepal
23 Sep 2008 More than 5,000 refugees from Bhutan have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries so far this year. The United States has accepted the largest numbers. -
UNHCR distributes first aid in Georgia-South Ossetia "buffer zone"
18 Sep 2008 Villagers who had fled the August conflict have now received the first distribution of beds, mattresses, blankets and kitchen kits to begin to rebuild their lives back home in the north of Georgia.