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Brazil helps ease local integration of refugees in northern Ecuador
1 Mar 2011News Stories, 17 February 2011
LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, February 16 (UNHCR) – When a senior Brazilian diplomat visited north-east Ecuador last weekend he saw the first fruits of a unique cooperation programme aimed at easing the local integration of thousands of Colombian refugees.
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UNHCR says open borders imperative for people fleeing violence in Libya
28 Feb 2011News Stories, 23 February 2011
GENEVA, February 23 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Wednesday said it welcomed the positive indications it has received over the past two days from Tunisia and Egypt that they will maintain open borders for people fleeing the continuing violence in Libya.
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UNHCR urges support for Tunisia and Egypt as thousands flee Libya
28 Feb 2011News Stories, 25 February 2011
GENEVA, February 25 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday called on the international community to provide substantial humanitarian support for Tunisia and Egypt as the two North African countries try to cope with an influx of thousands of people fleeing violence in Libya.
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More than 50 Somali refugees drown when boat capsizes in Gulf of Aden
26 Feb 2011News Stories, 24 February 2011
GENEVA, February 24 (UNHCR) – UNHCR on Thursday said it was “horrified,” following reports that more than 50 Somali refugees are believed to have drowned at the weekend when their boat capsized while crossing the Gulf of Aden to Yemen.
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UNHCR fears for the safety of refugees caught in Libya’s violence
24 Feb 2011News Stories, 22 February 2011
GENEVA, February 22 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said in Geneva on Tuesday it has become “increasingly concerned” about the dangers for civilians inadvertently caught up in the mounting violence in Libya, especially asylum-seekers and refugees.
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UNHCR starts work on new camp for internally displaced in Côte d’Ivoire
22 Feb 2011News Stories, 16 February 2011
DUÉKOUÉ, Côte d’Ivoire, February 16 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency is clearing ground for a new camp to shelter displaced people in western Côte d’Ivoire, where UNHCR has registered more than 38,000 people uprooted by political tension in the country.
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UNHCR airlifts aid to Côte d’Ivoire; internally displaced population nears 35,000
15 Feb 2011News Stories, 9 February 2011
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, February 9 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has flown in 94 tonnes of aid to Côte d’Ivoire for distribution among almost 35,000 internally displaced people in remote western areas of the country.
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Fresh military manoeuvres in northern Pakistan displace 25,000 people
14 Feb 2011News Stories, 4 February 2011
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, February 4 (UNHCR) – Military operations against insurgents in north-west Pakistan’s Mohmand agency have displaced some 25,000 people over the past week. The UN refugee agency believes that this figure could reach 90,000 by the end of the month if the fighting intensifies.
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Deaths in Mozambique highlight risks faced by asylum-seekers heading south
11 Feb 2011News Stories, 8 February 2011
PRETORIA, South Africa, February 8 (UNHCR) – The deaths by suffocation of eight Ethiopians travelling through Mozambique has highlighted the little-publicized dangers that asylum-seekers trying to reach South Africa face.
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In assisting Haiti quake survivors, start at the beginning: A birth certificate
8 Feb 2011News Stories, 01 February 2011
PETIT GOAVE, Haiti, February 1 (UNHCR) – This was the day that Jacqueline and her neighbours in a ramshackle settlement for victims of last year’s devastating earthquake were going to be born again.