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UNHCR starts cross-river repatriation of refugees in Republic of Congo
8 May 2012 A small convoy of boats on Saturday took 79 refugees from Betou in Republic of the Congo to Dongo in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Afghan Conference: Delegates endorse solutions strategy for refugees
3 May 2012 A conference on Afghanistan's protracted refugee situation endorses a strategy to support repatriation, reintegration and help for host countries. -
Vulnerable Afghan women flown to Slovakia en route to resettlement
25 Apr 2012 A group of vulnerable single Afghan women and their dependents are flown from Iran to evacuation transit centre in Slovakia ahead of resettlement. -
Q&A: Confidence building programme helps Sahrawi families reconnect
25 Apr 2012 At the heart of the programme are weekly flights that briefly reunite Sahrawi refugees living in windswept, isolated camps in Algeria's Tindouf region. -
Refugees in Moldova get on the property ladder with UNHCR help
19 Apr 2012 Under a joint project between UNHCR and the European UnIon, refugee families in Moldova take possession of renovated apartments. -
More Sahrawis to benefit as UNHCR expands family reunion programme
11 Apr 2012 UNHCR launches the first flight in an expanded programme of visits for long- separated Sahrawi families in camps in Algeria and Western Sahara Territory. -
DAFI scholarships open a window for Armenian girls in Moldova
4 Apr 2012 Asmic Sargsyan and Nora Manvelean are among the first to get scholarships for tertiary education under UNHCR's DAFI scholarship programme. -
UNHCR assisting thousands displaced by security operation in Pakistan
30 Mar 2012 UNHCR, together with other UN agencies, helps thousands of people who have fled fighting in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. -
UNHCR completes repatriation of more than 24,000 Mauritanians
27 Mar 2012 UNHCR chief Guterres took part in a ceremony to welcome home a group of 277 refugees. He also met Malian refugees who have crossed into Mauritania