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2006 Nansen Refugee Award goes to Japanese man with global vision

4 July 2006

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"Hope" is the word as World Refugee Day is marked around the globe

19 June 2006

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UNHCR urges Kyrgyz government not to deport four Uzbek refugees

14 June 2006

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UNHCR global refugee tally at 26-year low while internally displaced increase

9 June 2006

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UNHCR praises cruise ship crew for Aegean Sea rescue

8 June 2006

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UNHCR sending emergency team, supplies to Timor-Leste

31 May 2006

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EU urged to revise its Dublin II Regulation in order to protect the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers

20 April 2006

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U.N. refugee agency launches "The State of the World's Refugees"

19 April 2006

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Statement by High Commissioner Guterres on Darfur-Chad situation

17 April 2006

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UNHCR alarmed over possible impact of Chad violence on refugees

13 April 2006

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UNHCR mourns death of colleague from attack in south Sudan

29 March 2006

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UNHCR regrets order to leave Uzbekistan

20 March 2006

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