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Number of Syrian refugees triples to 112,000 since April
17 Jul 2012 Three-quarters are women and children and the real number is thought to be higher as many people only register when their resources run out. -
UNHCR warns of funding shortfall for operations to help Syrian refugees
20 Apr 2012 Less than 20 per cent of the funds sought under regional response plan have been given. Only eight organizations have to date received funding. -
More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011
31 Jan 2012 UNHCR figures also show that a record 58,000 irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees managed to make it to Europe by sea last year. -
UNHCR assists displaced children in Iraq's Kurdistan region
31 Oct 2011 In more stable countries, 13-year-old Firas and many of his classmates would probably be attending a school for children with special needs. -
UNHCR distributes Ramadan meals to 55,000 Libyan refugees in Tunisia
3 Aug 2011 UNHCR and its partners begin distributing food for more than 55,000 Libyan refugees to eat in the evening during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. -
UNHCR assists hundreds of displaced Iraqis at border with Iran
27 Jul 2011 UNHCR, partner organizations and the Iraqi government help more than 800 people recently displaced by cross-border shelling on the frontier with Iran. -
Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium
20 Jul 2011 After years on the road, Filmon, his wife and twins have been resettled to Belgium from Choucha camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. -
Refugees in Iraq camp to enjoy more services, rights after registration
4 Jul 2011 More than 10,000 Turkish refugees are registered in Makhmour camp as part of an exercise to give refugees residency documents and access to services. -
UNHCR chief returns to Tunisia to meet refugees from Libya
17 Jun 2011 Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNHCR chief António Guterres returns to Tunisia to remind the world of its generosity in hosting refugees from Libya.