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Q&A: A school in the US town of Decatur offers refugees a top education
28 Jul 2009 The International Community School in the US city of Decatur was set up in 2002 to provide a top primary education to a mix of US-born local children and young refugees and immigrants. -
UNHCR draws road map to help people out of Calais "jungle"
17 Jul 2009 Hundreds of migrants and asylum-seekers are living rough on the edge of the French port of Calais. The UN refugee agency has drawn up a road map to help find a solution for some of them. -
France gives red carpet welcome to refugees relocated from Malta
10 Jul 2009 A group of refugees and people in need of international protection are warmly received in Paris after France agreed to their relocation from Malta. -
Integration systems in Central Europe at breaking point
8 Jul 2009 Many refugees are finding life difficult in the Central European countries where they live because of insufficient integration polices and support. -
Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand camps hits 50,000 mark
30 Jun 2009 A 23-year-old ethnic Karenni school teacher becomes the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to leave Thailand under the world's largest resettlement programme. -
UNHCR launches resettlement of refugees in Chad to the United States
23 Jun 2009 UNHCR begins a programme to resettle 1,800 refugees in Chad to the United States, with a first group of 11 flying out of N'Djamena at the weekend. -
UNHCR returns to Calais to provide migrants, refugees with information
17 Jun 2009 UNHCR staff are visiting Calais on a weekly basis to visit migrants and refugees and the agency plans to reopen an office in the French port seven years after leaving. -
Number of internally displaced people remains stable at 26 million
4 May 2009 An annual report released by the Norwegian Refugee Council puts the number of internally displaced people in 2008 at 26 million last year, the same as 2007. -
Sissi's bequest helps refugee children 111 years after her murder
27 Apr 2009 The legendary Empress Elisabeth of Austria helps refugee children in Budapest more than 100 years after she was stabbed to death in Switzerland.