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As Somalis stream into Kenya, UNHCR races to fill a new refugee camp
5 Aug 2011Henok Ochalla knows he is in for the race of his life. In order to begin to keep up with the vast influx of refugees that continue to arrive in northern Kenya’s Dadaab area from conflict-torn and famine-stricken Somalia, the 39-year-old emergency response coordinator for UNHCR must erect a minimum of 300 tents – enough to accommodate 1,500 families (7,500 people) every day.
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Fighting hampers aid effort inside Somalia amid fears of spreading famine
4 Aug 2011The UN refugee agency’s plans to deliver assistance to up to 180,000 people in Mogadishu and south-central Somalia are being threatened by the latest fighting in the Somali capital.
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UNHCR transfers Somalis to new camp as fresh fighting erupts in Mogadishu
3 Aug 2011The UN refugee agency reiterated on Friday that a new camp in north-east Kenya was open and receiving thousands of Somali refugees as renewed fighting in Mogadishu raised fresh concerns about the safety of civilians in the beleaguered city.
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UNHCR assists hundreds of displaced Iraqis at border with Iran
2 Aug 2011The UN refugee agency, partner organizations and the Iraqi government are helping more than 800 people recently displaced by cross-border shelling on the frontier with Iran.
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UNHCR offices mark 60th anniversary of landmark UN Refugee Convention
1 Aug 2011UNHCR offices around the world on Thursday marked the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention – the legal foundation on which most of the agency’s work worldwide is based. The landmark comes at a time when forced displacement has become increasingly complex and as developing countries struggle to host millions of refugees.
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UNHCR seeks US$145 million in fresh appeal for Horn of Africa emergency
29 Jul 2011The UN refugee agency on Thursday appealed for an extra US$8.6 million to expand its humanitarian assistance in the East and Horn of Africa. This comes as severe famine and continuing violence aggravate the mass displacement of people both inside Somalia and across its borders.
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Famine victims converge on Mogadishu; region’s camps report deaths
28 Jul 2011Uprooted by famine and conflict, more than 20,000 desperate people have sought refuge in the Somali capital Mogadishu so far this month. Thousands more continue to flee into the region, some on the brink of death.
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Tens of thousands of drought-displaced Somalis head to Mogadishu
28 Jul 2011NAIROBI, Kenya, July 26 (UNHCR) – Tens of thousands of Somalis have converged on Mogadishu in recent weeks in search of food, water, shelter and other assistance and about 1,000 are now arriving every day.
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UNHCR starts emergency airlift of tents to Kenya, Ethiopia
23 Jul 2011The first airlifts of UNHCR tents have arrived in Ethiopia and Kenya and are being rushed to the borders with Somalia to shelter thousands of emaciated Somali refugees fleeing conflict and drought.lounge.
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Q&A: Doctor alarmed by death, malnutrition among Somali refugees
23 Jul 2011Famine, drought and conflict have forced over 160,000 Somalis to flee and seek help in the region so far this year. Many of them arrive in neighbouring Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya in a very bad state – exhausted, emaciated and severely malnourished. Dr Paul Spiegel, who heads UNHCR’s Public Health and HIV section, was recently in Ethiopia’s Dollo Ado area, near the Somalia border, to meet the new arrivals. He spoke to Cecile Pouilly of UNHCR’s Private Sector Fund Raising Unit about what he