UNHCR staff prepare emergency relief supplies in Kanchanburi, Thailand for shipment to Myanmar. © UNHCR/S.Siritheerajesd

UNHCR relief supplies on the move to Myanmar
Friday, 09 May. 2008
Date: 9 May 2008
 UNHCR is using land, air and sea routes to send shelter materials and basic household supplies into Myanmar for desperate cyclone victims.
Romania to set up evacuation transit centre for refugees
Date: 9 May 2008
 Romania has agreed to set up a special evacuation transit centre for refugees in other countries facing acute danger. It will be the first of its kind in Europe.

UNHCR signs landmark accord in Syria with international NGO
Date: 8 May 2008
 UNHCR and the International Medical Corps sign a landmark contract, paving the way for the aid agency to become the first international non-governmental organization to work with Iraqi refugees in Syria.

UNHCR organizes go-and-see visits for displaced Kenyans
Date: 7 May 2008
 Displaced Kenyans return to assess damage and security conditions in home villages with UNHCR help.

UNHCR seeks donor help amid funding shortfall for Iraq operation
Date: 9 May 2008
 UNHCR says it could soon be forced to reduce and, in some cases, to halt a number of assistance programmes for hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees unless donor governments provide additional support.

UNHCR helps refugees tell their stories through Pangea Day
Date: 8 May 2008

Refugees from around the world will tell their stories in video messages as part of the inaugural Pangea Day global film event this Saturday.



UNHCR poised to truck relief supplies to Myanmar from Thailand
Date: 7 May 2008
 UNHCR is poised to deliver 22 tonnes of emergency relief supplies overland to Myanmar from Mae Sot in north-west Thailand.


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