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Latest press releases and briefing notes

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UNHCR welcomes ASEAN proposals to respond to boat crisis in South-East Asia

3 July 2015

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UNHCR urges Hungary not to amend asylum system in haste

3 July 2015

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UNHCR head tells humanitarian NGOs "moment of truth" has arrived

1 July 2015

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Joint Statement by UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM, the SRSG for Migration and Development, and UNODC

1 July 2015

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Mediterranean Crisis 2015 at six months: refugee and migrant numbers highest on record

1 July 2015

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Numbers of internally displaced in Libya double since September - UNHCR

30 June 2015

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UNHCR's new biometrics system helps verify 110,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand

30 June 2015

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UN agencies and partners say funding shortage leaves Syrian refugees and host nations without vital support

25 June 2015

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UNHCR Chief arrives in Islamabad on a three-day visit

22 June 2015

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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt calls for action on World Refugee Day

20 June 2015

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Statement by António Guterres on World Refugee Day 2015

20 June 2015

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UNHCR warns of dangerous new era in worldwide displacement as report shows almost 60 million people forced to flee their homes

18 June 2015

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Malaysia. Vietnamese Boat People

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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine