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More than one million refugees travel to Greece since 2015
16 Mar 2016 UNHCR says latest milestone an urgent reminder of need for more coordinated approach to manage influx. -
UNHCR expresses concern over EU-Turkey plan
11 Mar 2016 United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi warns on legality of blanket returns of anyone from one country to another without spelling out protection safeguards. -
Call to prayer helps dentist's Muslim patients feel at home
3 Mar 2016 Somali dentist, once a refugee herself, fills in the gaps for new arrivals in Norway. -
UNHCR warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Greece
1 Mar 2016 Disarray in Europe over asylum as governments fail to work together to implement already reached agreements. -
UNHCR joins push to end suffering in Syria
21 Jan 2016 More than 100 UN and other humanitarian organizations issue joint appeal urging people around the world to raise their voices and call for an end to Syria crisis -
UNHCR warns against perilous Horn of Africa sea crossings
19 Jan 2016 Despite the civil war raging in Yemen, 92,446 people arrived there by boat last year, 95 of them perishing in the attempt, with a further 36 dying at sea since in January -
Grandi heads to 'frontline' on first visit with refugees as High Commissioner
15 Jan 2016 Filippo Grandi toured Turkey's Nizip I and II camps, home to almost 16,000 refugees, in his first visit to the field as High Commissioner -
UNHCR battles cholera at world's largest refugee complex
31 Dec 2015 Four cholera treatment centres have been set up to curb the outbreak that has so far killed 10 at Kenya's Dadaab complex. -
Chios: Greek island battles odds to cope with refugee influx
22 Dec 2015 One family's dangerous flight takes them to Chios, where authorities are quietly going about the business of processing refugees.