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Yemeni NGO to receive Nansen Refugee Award for life-saving work
13 Sep 2011 The Society for Humanitarian Solidarity has won this year's Nansen Refugee Award for its tireless work with boat arrivals along Yemen's coast. -
Q&A: Nansen winners feel a duty to help survivors of the high seas
13 Sep 2011 Nasser Salim Ali Al-Himyari founded the Society for Humanitarian Solidarity in 1995. The group has since helped tens of thousands fleeing by sea to Yemen. -
Somali exodus slows in Horn of Africa but grows in Yemen
26 Aug 2011 The number of people fleeing their homes in Somalia has been falling this month, but a growing number are risking the high seas to reach Yemen. -
Young Eritreans in Ethiopia face future in limbo
21 Jul 2011 Youth fleeing military service in Eritrea are growing frustrated with camp life in Ethiopia and are looking to be smuggled into other countries. -
Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium
20 Jul 2011 After years on the road, Filmon, his wife and twins have been resettled to Belgium from Choucha camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. -
Away Alone: Unaccompanied children find shelter after fleeing Libya
21 Jun 2011 Four unaccompanied children talk about their difficult journeys and their hopes for their future as they leave for a new life in Sweden after fleeing Libya. -
UNHCR chief returns to Tunisia to meet refugees from Libya
17 Jun 2011 Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNHCR chief António Guterres returns to Tunisia to remind the world of its generosity in hosting refugees from Libya. -
UNHCR worried about refugees and displaced people in strife-torn Yemen
3 Jun 2011 The escalating violence has killed two Somali refugees and displaced thousands of refugees and Yemenis alike. -
Detained Eritrean deserters leave Yemen for a new life in Sweden
1 Jun 2011 Sweden has accepted 55 Eritreans who fled military service back home and were detained in Yemen until they were found to be in need of international protection.