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Latest press releases and briefing notes

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Senior UNHCR official criticizes not-on-my-doorstep attitudes towards refugees, displaced

3 October 2012

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UNHCR praises Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal for acceding to Statelessness Conventions

2 October 2012

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Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal accede to Statelessness Conventions

2 October 2012

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Nansen Refugee Award presented to Somali winner "Mama" Hawa

1 October 2012

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UNHCR's Guterres says global humanitarian crises at levels unmatched in recent history

1 October 2012

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Nansen Refugee Award presented to Somali winner “Mama” Hawa

1 October 2012

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UN and partners seek US$ 487.9 million to help Syrian refugees as numbers continue to rise

27 September 2012

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Syrian refugee children prepare to start school, Iraq opens border crossing

21 September 2012

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Somalia's Hawa Aden Mohamed wins 2012 Nansen Refugee Award

18 September 2012

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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees and Iraqi returnees in Iraq

16 September 2012

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Annie Lennox, OBE, to perform at the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award on October 1st in Geneva

3 September 2012

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The UN Refugee Agency condemns refoulement of a refugee to Russian Federation

17 August 2012

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