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UNHCR chief and Libyan partner discuss protection for refugees in mixed migration flows
15 Oct 2009 High Commissioner António Guterres holds talks with UNHCR's main partner in Libya on ensuring protection for refugees and asylum-seekers caught in mixed migration flows. -
UNHCR helps boat people in Libya as search for survivors continues
1 Apr 2009 UNHCR staff in Tripoli were helping hundreds of boat people rescued off the coast of Libya as authorities search for other survivors in the Mediterranean. -
UNHCR shocked by reports of hundreds missing in Mediterranean
31 Mar 2009 UNHCR expresses shock and sorrow at reports that hundreds of people trying to reach Europe by sea are missing off the coast of Libya. -
German scholarship gives Somali refugee "the best you can get" - education
7 Aug 2008 From killings and kidnappings, screaming and tears, young Mohamed made the journey from Somalia to Egypt on his own and now thanks to the German government he has graduated from university. -
UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya
4 Jul 2008 UNHCR, as part of its work on mixed migration flows, signs an agreement aimed at ensuring refugee and asylum seeker protection needs in Libya. -
UNHCR interviews 179 Eritrean asylum seekers detained in Egypt
2 Jul 2008 UNHCR staff conduct interviews in southern Egypt with 179 detained Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers to determine if they qualify for refugee status. -
Thousands of refugee children start school in Egypt with UNHCR help
20 Sep 2007 Thousands of refugee children in Egypt have been returning to school this week, some for the first time in years. UNHCR is covering costs of tuition, transportation and uniforms for more than 6,000 children from different countries. -
Young Muslim saviour helps two elderly Iraqi Christians start a new life
10 May 2007 When two elderly Iraqi sisters arrived at Cairo International Airport on New Year's Eve they had little money, their family was left behind in Baghdad and they felt lonely and depressed. A devout young Egyptian woman stepped in, took them home and gave them the chance for a new life. -
Iraq Conference: UNHCR convenes humanitarian conference on Iraqis forced from their homes
16 Apr 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday convenes a two-day conference involving more than 60 nations focused on the deepening humanitarian crisis of the nearly 4 million Iraqis who have been displaced by the conflict in their homeland.