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Georgia's long-standing IDPs want international help too
20 Nov 2008 UNHCR sees an opportunity to use the spotlight on recent problems in Georgia to help those displaced from breakaway regions in the early 1990s. -
An Iraqi Armenian teen shows the way to a new life
30 Oct 2008 A budding young hair stylist sets an example to other Iraqi Armenians who have sought shelter in the land of their ancestors after fleeing violence in Iraq. -
UNHCR hopes to improve conditions for returnees to Abkhazia in 2009
22 Oct 2008 UNHCR hopes next year to step up support for returnees in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia as part of a new approach to needs assessment and fund-raising. -
Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resume normal life after Georgia scare
1 Oct 2008 Chechen refugees feared the worst during the conflict over South Ossetia, but their homes in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge were left untouched and life is returning to normal. -
UNHCR distributes first aid in Georgia-South Ossetia "buffer zone"
18 Sep 2008 Villagers who had fled the August conflict have now received the first distribution of beds, mattresses, blankets and kitchen kits to begin to rebuild their lives back home in the north of Georgia. -
UNHCR teams enter Georgia-South Ossetia "buffer zone"
16 Sep 2008 UNHCR teams enter a buffer zone between South Ossetia and the Georgian town of Gori, which has been out of reach due to the security situation. -
Revised figures push number of Georgia displaced up to 192,000
12 Sep 2008 Latest figures gathered by the Georgian government and UNHCR show that the total number of people displaced by the recent conflict stands at 192,000. -
UNHCR concern as shelter capacity in Georgia town of Gori is exhausted
2 Sep 2008 UNHCR is concerned about the humanitarian situation in and around the Georgian town of Gori, just south of the boundary with South Ossetia. -
Easing the woes of refugees, asylum seekers in St. Petersburg
29 Aug 2008 A look at the challenges and assistance offered in the city that hosts the second-largest concentration of refugees and asylum seekers in the Russian Federation.