News Archives
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UNHCR calls for safe corridors in northern Yemen
31 Aug 2009The situation in Sa’ada city in northern Yemen remains dramatic. The fighting is ongoing, both inside the city and its surroundings.
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UNHCR alarmed by detention of unaccompanied children in Lesvos, Greece
31 Aug 2009Earlier this week UNHCR staff visited the detention centre at Pagani on the Greek Island of Lesvos.
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DRC displacement update
31 Aug 2009The Ugandan rebel group, the so called ‘Lord’s Resistance Army’ (LRA) continues to cause large scale destruction and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Humanitarian situation worsens in northern Yemen
26 Aug 2009The escalation of fighting between Al Houthi rebels and the government forces in northern Yemen over the past few days is worsening what is already a dire and complex humanitarian emergency.
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DRC humanitarian update
5 Aug 2009An estimated 56,000 Congolese have been uprooted in the latest violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which started on 12 July.
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DRC – Thousands of Congolese flee the new fighting in South Kivu
17 Jul 2009Thousands of Congolese have been uprooted by the latest escalation of fighting in the South Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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UNHCR interviews asylum seekers pushed back to Libya
15 Jul 2009UNHCR staff in Libya have been carrying out interviews with 82 people who were intercepted by the Italian Navy on the high seas on July 1 about 30 nautical miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Asylum seekers homeless in Patras after camp is razed to the ground
15 Jul 2009UNHCR is concerned about the fate of hundreds of irregular migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees, following the closure over the weekend of a makeshift camp in the Greek city of Patras.
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Pakistan government repatriation operation begins in north-west
15 Jul 2009Some 900 Pakistanis (150 families) displaced by the conflict between government forces and militants in the Swat, Buner and Lower Dir districts of the North-West Frontier Province headed for home on Monday as the government began its voluntary return operation. Another 5,200 people were scheduled to return home today, according to government figures.
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Fighting forces more Somalis to flee Mogadishu
29 Jun 2009We are gravely concerned about spiralling violence and the worsening displacement crisis in Somalia.