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Latest press releases and briefing notes

A huge burden lifted as refugee restaurant owner gains Estonian citizenship

11 May 2015

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More than 50,000 flee Burundi to escape spiralling violence

11 May 2015

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini struck by the tragedy of Syria's youth

11 May 2015

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High Commissioner Guterres wraps up visit to Kenya and Somalia to discuss the future of the Dadaab refugee camps

9 May 2015

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Statelessness: Young Georgian mother breaks a cycle of suffering

8 May 2015

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Some 25,000 risk sea crossings in Bay of Bengal over first quarter, almost double from year earlier

8 May 2015

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Former IOC chief Rogge pledges more sport opportunities for refugees in Ethiopia

8 May 2015

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UNHCR calls on Hungary to protect, not persecute, refugees

8 May 2015

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Statelessness: UNHCR helps indigenous people without frontiers in Central America

7 May 2015

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UNHCR flies in shelter materials for quake-displaced in Nepal

7 May 2015

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UNHCR calls for joint response in wake of "Rohingya mass grave" in Thailand

6 May 2015

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Italy reception centres under strain as thousands rescued at sea

6 May 2015

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