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UNHCR report: 80% of world's refugees in developing countries

16 June 2011

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UNHCR chief calls for new tools to address climate-related displacement

6 June 2011

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At least 10 die in smuggling boat incident in the Gulf of Aden

31 May 2011

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UNHCR condemns shooting of Somali asylum-seekers in Mozambique

6 May 2011

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UNHCR calls on States to uphold principles of rescue-at-sea and burden sharing

8 April 2011

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UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador shocked by devastating boat tragedy

6 April 2011

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Angelina Jolie calls for continued support to populations fleeing Libya and humanitarian access to those inside

5 April 2011

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UN leaders raise alarm on plight of Somali refugees in Kenya

3 April 2011

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Asylum figures fall in 2010 to almost half their 2001 levels

28 March 2011

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Key Graphs : Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2010

28 March 2011

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UNHCR and IOM appeal for urgent support to sustain humanitarian evacuation operation

18 March 2011

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UNHCR's protection chief calls for a balance between refugee protection, national security and border control in Central Asia

15 March 2011

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