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UN Refugee Agency's Grandi celebrates the IOC Refugee Olympic Team athletes

23 July 2021

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The &num;IBelong Campaign was launched by UNHCR in 2014 as a global effort to end statelessness within 10 years.

UNHCR welcomes Togo's decision to intensify its fight against statelessness

22 July 2021

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News comment: UNHCR latest update on deteriorating situation of Eritrean refugees in Tigray

15 July 2021

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Ethiopia. Eritrean refugees relocated to safety and assistance

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray Region

13 July 2021

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Alberto Lati meets with refugees in Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico, City.

Mexican journalist, sportscaster and writer Alberto Lati appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

8 July 2021

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Syria. Lack of documentation poses extra risk to internally displaced people

Women in many countries face discrimination in registering children at birth warn UNHCR and UNICEF

7 July 2021

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Uganda. DAFI scholarships make refugee's university dreams a reality

Pathway to jobs in education for refugee graduates under new UNHCR and Teach For All partnership

7 July 2021

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Spain. Assistant High Commissioner for Protection is awared prestigious award

UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Gillian Triggs among laureates of inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor

5 July 2021

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Ecuador. Supporting unaccompanied children in Quito

Data visualization brings to light COVID-19's threats to forcibly displaced women and children

5 July 2021

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Ecuador. Venezuelan refugee and migrant elders get the Covid-19 vaccine with UNHCR support

Refugee health challenges remain high amid COVID-19

1 July 2021

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USA. Refugee athlete Abbas Karimi trains with hopes of securing a place on the Tokyo 2020 Refugee Paralympic Team

IPC announces six athletes to compete for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

30 June 2021

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Slovenia. A Syrian family from Damascus was in the first group of asylum seekers relocated to Slovenia from Greece

News Comment by UNHCR EU Representative on launch of Slovenian Presidency of the European Union

30 June 2021

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