News Archives
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UNHCR chief calls for end to displacement chapter during Iraq visit
26 Jan 2011News Stories, 20 January 2011
BAGHDAD, Iraq, January 24 (UNHCR) – UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres flew out of Iraq on Monday after proposing a government-led plan of action to allow thousands of displaced Iraqis to return to their homes.
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High Commissioner Guterres seeks stepped up access and aid for Yemen
24 Jan 2011News Stories, 17 January 2011
SANA’A, Yemen, January 17 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for refugees António Guterres has appealed to the government of Yemen and al-Houthi armed movement to persevere in efforts towards peace while allowing humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of people suffering critically.
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UNHCR looks at the economic contribution of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
17 Jan 2011News Stories, 10 January 2011
KARACHI, Pakistan, January 10 (UNHCR) – Marjan belies the common perception that Afghan refugees are a burden on Pakistan’s economy. The petite mother of five toils from dawn till dusk at a garbage dump on the edge of Karachi, sorting out paper and plastic bags that can be recycled.
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Number of Sudanese heading south ahead of referendum tops 120,000
11 Jan 2011News Stories, 7 January 2011
JUBA, Sudan, January 7 (UNHCR) – The number of people who have left northern Sudan and headed for their ancestral homes in South Sudan ahead of Sunday’s key referendum on independence has passed the 120,000 mark.
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As number of Ivorian refugees in Liberia tops 22,000, UNHCR speeds up aid delivery
7 Jan 2011MONROVIA, Liberia, December 31 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it will establish a camp in Liberia to shelter the more than 18,000 refugees who have fled from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire over the past few weeks.
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UNHCR to set up refugee camp in Liberia as Ivorians continue to flee
4 Jan 2011News Stories, 31 December 2010
MONROVIA, Liberia, December 31 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it will establish a camp in Liberia to shelter the more than 18,000 refugees who have fled from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire over the past few weeks.
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UNHCR seeking access to returned Lao Hmong
31 Dec 2009The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday formally approached the government of Laos seeking access to Lao Hmong deported from Thailand a day earlier. Among those sent back were people recognized by UNHCR as being in need of international protection.
News Stories, 29 December 2009
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Deportation of Lao Hmong must stop: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
30 Dec 2009UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres appealed to the Thai government on Monday to immediately halt its ongoing forced return of some 4,000 Lao Hmong to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic from two camps in northern and northeast Thailand.
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Just $30 a month buys innovative health care for Kinshasa refugee families
29 Dec 2009About to give birth to her first child, Clementine Uwimana, a 30-year-old Rwandan refugee walked to the nearest hospital, just five minutes from her home in the Congolese capital. But when complications meant she had to head to a major referral hospital, St. Joseph, for a Caesarean section, she didn’t hesitate to jump in a taxi, because she had health insurance.
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UNHCR concerned about situation in Yemen as more civilians displaced
28 Dec 2009The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said it was extremely concerned about a recent escalation of the conflict in northern Yemen and its impact on the civilian population.