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Angelina Jolie and UNHCR chief Guterres shocked at Mediterranean high seas tragedy
11 Apr 2011News Stories, 6 April 2011
GENEVA, April 6 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie expressed “deep shock” on Wednesday at the reported drownings of 213 people in rough waters some 60 kilometres off the southern coast of Italy.
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Angelina Jolie calls for continued support to populations fleeing Libya
7 Apr 20115 April 2011
RAS ADJIR, Tunisia, April 5 (UNHCR) – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Tuesday travelled to the Tunisian-Libyan border to urge greater international support for people fleeing fighting in Libya.
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Chinese actress Yao Chen shares refugees’ stories with millions of fans
1 Apr 2011One of China’s most popular actresses, Yao Chen, took on some new roles this week in a refugee camp in northern Thailand, picking up a hoe to dig a hole in a farmer’s field, and learning elementary Thai from a small boy as she delved into the lives of ethnic Karen refugees from eastern Myanmar.
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Helping communities who are helping Haiti’s displaced
21 Mar 2011News Stories, 14 March 2011
BELLADERE, Haiti, March 14 (UNHCR) – More than a year after the earthquake that devastated much of Haiti, providing access to education for tens of thousands of children uprooted by the destruction remains a challenge.
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Giving up your child to save her: a tale from Tunisia
18 Mar 2011News Stories, 16 March 2011
CHOUCHA CAMP, Tunisia, March 16 (UNHCR) – With smooth features and a calm way about him, Abdullah Omar, 25, comes across as someone accustomed to hard choices. But the decision to send his one-year-old daughter back to war-ravaged Somalia, because he could not afford to support her, was one of the hardest he and his wife Khadija have ever faced.
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Angelina Jolie urges more focus on reintegration for former Afghan refugees
7 Mar 2011News Stories, 2 March 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 2 (UNHCR) – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Wednesday called for greater focus to be put on the reintegration of former Afghan refugees as she wrapped up her second visit to the western Asian nation.
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Baltimore hotel welcomes refugees – as employees
1 Mar 2011News Stories, 18 February 2011
BALTIMORE, United States, February 18 (UNHCR) – Less than two years after it began, a programme to provide jobs and career opportunities to refugees resettled to Baltimore, has earned the US city’s Hilton Hotel an employer of the year award and a citation by the state’s governor.
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Q&A: Jewish agency in US marks 130 years of protecting the persecuted
22 Feb 2011News Stories, 3 February 2011
WASHINGTON, DC, United States, February 3 (UNHCR) – HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is the oldest migration and refugee resettlement agency in the United States and this year marks its 130th anniversary. It began its work in New York with a mission to provide safety and assistance to Jews forced from their countries. Today, its offers protection and aid to some of the most vulnerable refugee populations in the world, working with partners such as the UN refugee agency. In the United States, HIAS, together with government agencies, assists resettled refugees to begin new lives. Mark Hetfield is HIAS’ senior vice president for policy and programmes, based in Washington, DC. He recently spoke with UNHCR’s US communications officer, Tim Irwin. Excerpts from the interview:
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UNHCR provides help and medical support to refugees in Egypt
18 Feb 2011News Stories, 11 February 2011
GENEVA, February 11 (UNHCR) – Amid the continuing political turmoil in Egypt, UNHCR has been working through key partners to provide financial support and medical help to refugees in Cairo while UNHCR staff have been manning telephone hotlines from their homes.
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Keep the doors open
25 Jan 2011Setting the Agenda, 20 January 2011
GENEVA, January 20 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, on Wednesday called on European countries to increase resettlement places and support for refugees as a show of solidarity for the host countries of the world’s refugees, four fifths of whom live in developing countries.