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Refugee runners, eyeing Tokyo 2020, win Geneva road race

Refugee athletes dominate 10 kilometre race with the Tokyo Olympics in sight.
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UNHCR, SUPKEM launch Ramadan campaign to support refugee education in Kenya

UNHCR and SUPKEM are working together in a Ramadan campaign to raise funds to increase access to education for refugees in Kenya.
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Glimmer of hope for the Shona community living in Kenya

By 2020, Government of Kenya pledges recognition as citizens and registration of the Shona community who qualify under the law
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Agricultural farming, a reliable source of livelihood for both refugees and host community in Dadaab

Refugees and host communities farming together will enhance food security in Dadaab and its environs
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Burundi refugee in Kakuma makes a fortune from Chicken Farming

Poultry business in Kakuma has not been fully explored and has a lot of potential
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UNHCR, SUPKEM launch Ramadan campaign to support refugee education in Kenya

In November 2013, a Tripartite Agreement between the Governments of Somalia, Kenya and UNHCR was signed.

Voluntary repatriation process started on 8 December 2014 when the first group of refugees voluntarily returned to Somalia.

83,600 The number of Somali refugees who have voluntarily returned home since the process began.

Since 8 December 2014, when UNHCR started supporting voluntary return of Somali refugees. In 2019, 110 Somalis have been supported to return home.