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UN refugee agency marks two years since Haiti earthquake

12 January 2012

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UNHCR deeply regrets killing of a Somali refugee leader in Dadaab

30 December 2011

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UNHCR welcomes Georgia's accession to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

29 December 2011

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Statement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, Regarding Solutions for the Residents of Camp New Iraq (Ashraf)

27 December 2011

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UNHCR alarmed over recent security incidents at Dadaab

21 December 2011

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UNHCR Chief Guterres laments loss of life from boat tragedy off Indonesia

19 December 2011

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Donors pledge US$ 482 million in support of the world's forcibly displaced at Geneva Conference

15 December 2011

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Landmark Geneva conference opens with appeal for the world's forcibly displaced, stateless

7 December 2011

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UN refugee agency chief warns of security, displacement threats from climate change

23 November 2011

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Somali civilians say they want recognition for conflict losses

10 November 2011

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UNHCR statement on today's attacks in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan

31 October 2011

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Asylum applications in industrialized countries jump 17 per cent in first-half 2011

18 October 2011

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