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UNHCR looks at solutions for Eritrean refugees of eastern Sudan
22 Aug 2007 While world attention has focused on the suffering in west Sudan's Darfur region in recent years, little has been heard about one of the world's most protracted refugee situations on the other side of the country. Tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees have found shelter in eastern Sudan. -
Eritrean refugees fly out of Ethiopia for a new life in the United States
5 Jul 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun the resettlement in the United States of some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea, flying out a first group of 29 from their current home in northern Ethiopia. -
Young Muslim saviour helps two elderly Iraqi Christians start a new life
10 May 2007 When two elderly Iraqi sisters arrived at Cairo International Airport on New Year's Eve they had little money, their family was left behind in Baghdad and they felt lonely and depressed. A devout young Egyptian woman stepped in, took them home and gave them the chance for a new life. -
Iraq Conference: UNHCR convenes humanitarian conference on Iraqis forced from their homes
16 Apr 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday convenes a two-day conference involving more than 60 nations focused on the deepening humanitarian crisis of the nearly 4 million Iraqis who have been displaced by the conflict in their homeland. -
Iraq Conference: Refugees seek a new life to get over the nightmares
13 Apr 2007 The brutal experiences of one Iraqi family in Baghdad, their life as refugees in Cairo and their expected resettlement to Australia provide a glimpse of the crisis as the UN refugee agency convenes an international conference on those displaced by the violence in Iraq. -
Remaining Sudanese detainees released in Cairo on Saturday
13 Feb 2006 The last 156 Sudanese remaining in detention since their protest in a Cairo park was broken up in late December were released by the Egyptian authorities on Saturday with a promise they would not be deported. Although not considered in need of international protection, the newly released Sudanese will be receiving one-off financial assistance from UNHCR to help them find accommodation. -
Egypt releases Sudanese women, children and people from Darfurdarfur
19 Jan 2006 UNHCR welcomes the decision of Egyptian authorities to release Sudanese women and children and those from the troubled region of Darfur who had been held since police broke up a demonstration on 30 December. -
Egypt allows more time for UNHCR to interview detained Sudanese
17 Jan 2006 UNHCR has received assurances from Egyptian authorities that hundreds of Sudanese still detained following a tragic confrontation in a Cairo park last month will not be deported while the agency continues individual assessments of each of them. -
UNHCR begins interviews of Sudanese detainees in Cairo
5 Jan 2006 UN refugee agency staff begin interviewing more than 600 Sudanese held in three detention centres on the outskirts of Cairo since last week's tragic confrontation in a downtown park.