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Côte d’Ivoire needs reconciliation for displaced people to return, says UNHCR
19 Apr 2011News Stories, 15 April 2011
GENEVA, April 15 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has expressed alarm at the living conditions of internally displaced people (IDPs) in western Côte d’Ivoire and called for reconciliation to allow them and Ivorian refugees in the region to return home.
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Fighting in Somalia displaces some 33,000 people over past six weeks
15 Apr 2011News Stories, 8 April 2011
GENEVA, April 8 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Friday that fighting in south and central Somalia between government forces and the Al-Shabaab militia has displaced about 33,000 people in the past six weeks.
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UNHCR resumes aid distribution to displaced in Ivorian massacre town
13 Apr 2011News Stories, 7 April 2011
DUEKOUE, Côte d’Ivoire, April 7 (UNHCR) – Relative calm has allowed the UN refugee agency to resume the distribution of vital assistance to tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people in the western Côte d’Ivoire town of Duékoué.
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UNHCR works to find durable solutions for endangered Colombian tribe
11 Apr 2011News Stories, 6 April 2011
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia, April 6 (UNHCR) – Most people forced to flee their homes believe that one day they will be able to return. But this no longer seems an option for most of Colombia’s Jiw people and they have started looking at alternative solutions with the support of UNHCR and others.
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UNHCR shines a beacon of hope on a devastated corner of Japan
7 Apr 2011News Stories, 1 April 2011
TOKYO, Japan, April 1 (UNHCR) – When Shinji Kubo joined UNHCR 18 years ago, he dreamed of helping refugees around the world. “I never thought I would be back in my hometown, helping my neighbours,” said the senior external relations officer for the UN refugee agency’s Tokyo office.
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Some 2,000 people flee from Tripoli by boat to Italy and Malta
31 Mar 2011News Stories, 29 March 2011
GENEVA, March 29 (UNHCR) – For the first time since conflict erupted in Libya in mid-February, hundreds of people have been fleeing by boat from Tripoli in recent days across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and Malta.
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Asylum-seeker numbers nearly halved in last decade, says UNHCR
30 Mar 2011News Stories, 28 March 2011
GENEVA, March 28 (UNHCR) – New figures compiled by the UN refugee agency have shown a dramatic fall in the number of asylum-seekers in the industrialized world over the last 10 years.
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Congolese victims of sexual violence call for help from the international community
28 Mar 2011News Stories, 16 March 2011
MUGUNGA III CAMP, Democratic Republic of the Congo, March 16 (UNHCR) – Marie* was first raped three years ago during a raid on her village that left her husband and 10 children dead – she was about 70 years old at the time.
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Fighting in eastern Libya leaves thousands internally displaced
28 Mar 2011News Stories, 22 March 2011
SALLUM, Egypt, March 22 (UNHCR) – Fighting in eastern Libya between pro-government and opposition forces has left thousands of Libyans internally displaced in recent days.
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UNHCR prepares for possible massive influx to Egypt from Libya
23 Mar 2011News Stories, 18 March 2011
GENEVA, March 18 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said on Friday it was ready to work with the Egyptian government to prepare for a massive influx of people fleeing the violence in Libya.