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Latest press releases and briefing notes

UNHCR mulls solutions for refugees affected by xenophobia

26 May 2015

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Thousands flee Palmyra, UNHCR steps up aid

22 May 2015

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UNHCR is trucking in clean water as one of the responses to the cholera outbreak in the Kagunga area of Tanzania.

Cholera epidemic claims 31 lives in Tanzania, including 29 Burundian refugees

22 May 2015

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UNHCR and partners appeal for US$207 million for Burundi Emergency

22 May 2015

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UNHCR Statement on Southeast Asia Sea Movements

20 May 2015

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World Education Forum will set roadmap for global education until 2030

19 May 2015

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Joint Statement by UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG for Migration and Development: Search and rescue at sea, disembarkation, and protection of the human rights of refugees and migrants now imperative to save lives in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea

19 May 2015

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Tanzania - Urgent efforts underway as seven Burundians die in diarrhoea outbreak in refugee camp

17 May 2015

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UNHCR head "extremely enthusiastic" after meeting leaders of Afghanistan

15 May 2015

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UNHCR's aid airlift arrives safely in Yemen

15 May 2015

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UNHCR hails today's EU proposed Agenda on Migration as breakthrough, urges speedy adoption

13 May 2015

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The pain of an Iraqi family separated in flight from Ramadi in Anbar province

13 May 2015

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