News Archives
Read the current and archived releases from UNHCR – we provide a wide range of information about the UN Refugee Agency’s activities, including updates from news conference, news by our staff written from some of the world’s most remote locations, etc. At the same time, do not miss what is happening next to you – in Hong Kong. Please visit this page regularly.
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World Refugee Day: Your understanding and support make a difference
30 Jun 2009With “Real People, Real Needs,” as this year’s global theme for the World Refugee Day, UNHCR and its partners, including donors, non-governmental organizations, volunteers and journalists have taken part in a wide range of activities all week long in Hong Kong, from 19 to 26 June.
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Newly displaced Pakistani civilians report grim conditions in Swat Valley
4 Jun 2009For nearly a month, they’ve sheltered in basements eking out a living on spinach and naan bread. They have watched as shells destroyed their homes or those of their neighbours.
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UNHCR steps up aid for desperate Pakistani civilians
1 Jun 2009Abdulla, 45, is prematurely grey. He begins to cry as he unpacks a package of food and other relief supplies that he and his wife have just picked up from a “humanitarian hub” set up by UNHCR and other agencies to provide assistance to the hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fleeing the bombs and mortar fire in the north-west.
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Generous Pakistani civilians donate food, other aid and cash to displaced
27 May 2009The unprecedented flood of people displaced by fighting in north-west Pakistan is triggering an outpouring of generosity from Pakistani civilians.
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Some 45,000 Somali civilians flee Mogadishu in past two weeks
27 May 2009Despite a lull in fighting in Mogadishu, the number of people fleeing the Somali capital in the last 12 days has risen to 45,000. Intense fighting between government forces and the opposition Al-Shabaab and Hisb-ul-Islam groups erupted in several areas of north-west Mogadishu on May 8.
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UNHCR appeals for new funds for more than 1.7 million displaced Pakistanis
27 May 2009When the Pakistani army launched an offensive against Taliban militants near Said’s small mountainside village, the 20-year-old factory worker thought the rocket fire and fighting near his home wouldn’t last long.
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Some 80,000 flee as fighting comes to an end in north-east Sri Lanka
21 May 2009As fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) comes to an end, the UN refugee agency braces itself for the humanitarian challenges looming ahead.
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Flood of displaced civilians in Pakistan surpasses 1.45 million
20 May 2009The flood of displaced people fleeing the conflict in and around north-west Pakistan’s Swat Valley is the largest and swiftest to take place anywhere in the world in recent years.
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Some 34,000 people flee heavy fighting in Mogadishu
20 May 2009The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it was deeply concern about a fresh eruption of fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that has left many people dead and sparked a new wave of displacement.
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UNHCR staff celebrate release of John Solecki, mourn slain colleague
20 May 2009UNHCR staff worldwide on Monday welcomed the safe return of John Solecki, the refugee agency’s head of office in Quetta, Pakistan, who was released from two months of captivity over the weekend.