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Global Trends Report: 800,000 new refugees in 2011, highest this century
Monday 18, June 2012 GENEVA, June 18 (UNHCR) – A report released today by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees shows 2011 to have been a record year for forced displacement across borders, with more people becoming refugees than at any time since 2000. UNHCR’s...
UN refugee agency launches campaign about refugee dilemmas
Thursday 14, June 2012 BUDAPEST, June 14 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has launched an online campaign in Central Europe to raise public awareness about the life-and-death decisions refugees face. The interactive campaign, launched in the lead up to World...
Statelessness in black and white
Wednesday 16, May 2012 BUDAPEST, May 16 (UNHCR) – Mstislav Rostropovich, late Russian cello player, was deprived of his citizenship between 1978 and 1990, yet he could see his international fame grow and received standing ovation at every concert he gave. Unlike him,...
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