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UNHCR calls for confidence-building to sustain returns to south Kyrgyzstan
10 Jun 2011 A year after the deadly clashes of June 2010, tens of thousands of people from southern Kyrgyzstan are still displaced. -
Eritrean refugees arrive in Romanian emergency transit centre from Tunisia
20 Apr 2011 A first group of 30 Eritrean refugees arrive at a special centre in Romania ahead of resettlement. They spent weeks in Tunisia after fleeing Libya. -
Q&A: Contributing to peace-building in Kyrgyzstan
7 Mar 2011 Almost a year after the displacement crisis in Kyrgyzstan, UNHCR is busy assisting people and helping to rebuild bridges. Hans Schodder explains. -
UNHCR completes Kyrgyzstan shelter programme in time for winter
3 Dec 2010 UNHCR wraps up an emergency shelter programme in southern Kyrgyzstan after providing temporary homes for more than 13,400 displaced people. -
Kyrgyzstan: UNHCR needs US$23 million to shelter, protect displaced
27 Jul 2010 With winter approaching, the UN refugee agency calls for better conditions for 75,000 people still uprooted by June violence. -
75,000 people still displaced in Kyrgyzstan one month on from violence
16 Jul 2010 A month after violence forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in southern Kyrgyzstan, some 75,000 people there are still displaced. -
Uzbeks and Kyrgyz come together to commit to reconciliation
8 Jul 2010 Representatives of two communities caught up in last month's ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan meet to push for peace and reconciliation. -
UNHCR chief wraps up visit to Kyrgyzstan, urges support for reconciliation
1 Jul 2010 Victims of last month's violence from both the Uzbek and Kyrgyz communities speak of a common desire for peace as fear of further violence remains. -
UNHCR chief visits southern Kyrgyzstan, says further help needed
30 Jun 2010 UN refugee chief António Guterres cautions that many thousands of people are still displaced in Kyrgyzstan