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Departures of Myanmar refugees from Thailand top 20,000 mark
11 Dec 2007 In the past two years, more than 20,000 refugees from Myanmar have traded camp life in Thailand for resettlement in countries like the United States, Australia and Canada. -
Supporting vulnerable Afghans in Balochistan's refugee villages
22 Nov 2007 Disabled and chronically-ill Afghans, as well as women at risk, are benefiting from the UN refugee agency's project to provide better services for extremely vulnerable individuals in Balochistan's refugee villages. -
Q&A: Refugee advocate turns page on Afghan beginnings
16 Nov 2007 Khadra Mohammed heads the Pittsburgh Refugee Centre. She recently revisited Afghan refugee camps to present a book she wrote about refugee girls. She discusses the visit and her past work with refugees. -
Over 350,000 Afghans repatriate from Pakistan before winter
2 Nov 2007 More than 356,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan this year as voluntary repatriation was suspended this week for the annual winter break. -
School and shelter for Pakistan's flood victims
22 Oct 2007 Four months after Cyclone Yemyin hit Pakistan, relief efforts have entered the early recovery phase. In addition to relief supplies, UNHCR has distributed tents for a temporary school and is using funds for shelter materials in flood-hit areas. -
Q&A: Peering beyond the burqa to support Afghan women
5 Oct 2007 Lynda Lim has worked with refugees in her native Malaysia. Currently a community services officer with UNHCR in Quetta, south-western Pakistan, the UN Volunteer braves late-night blasts and bumpy rides to address women's issues in conservative Afghan communities. She discusses her work. -
Keeping Pakistan's cultural capital clean
4 Oct 2007 An Afghan community helps to collect and recycle garbage in Lahore - work that few Pakistanis want to do. They make minimum wages and live in miserable slum conditions, but would rather stay in Pakistan than face poverty and insecurity back home. -
UNHCR seeks $10 million to continue Afghan repatriation
10 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency has requested an additional $10 million to cover the cost of repatriating Afghans, who are returning from Pakistan to their homeland in greater numbers this year than originally forecast. -
Afghans still in Pakistan face challenges to return
7 Aug 2007 On a visit to refugee camps in Pakistan, the UN refugee agency's Assistant High Commissioner for Operations emphasized that repatriation of Afghans will be gradual because of the many difficulties they had in returning.