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Lebanon. Resettlement of refugees suspended over COVID-19 restrictions

UNHCR warns 2020 risks lowest resettlement levels in recent history

19 November 2020

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Spain. Migrants intercepted off the coast of the Canary Islands

IOM and UNHCR carry out joint visit to the Canary Islands amid increasing arrivals

16 November 2020

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Central African returnees wave as the boat carrying them back to their homeland leaves Zongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 2020.

First Central African refugees return from DRC since COVID-19 outbreak

16 November 2020

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UNHCR joins response to victims of hurricane in Central America and Mexico

13 November 2020

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North Macedonia. Stateless Persons Meet With UNHCR

UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024

11 November 2020

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Clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray region force thousands to flee to Sudan

11 November 2020

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Brazil. World Refugee Day 2020 celebration in Boa Vista

Inclusion key to protecting refugees and their hosts amid COVID-19 pandemic

4 November 2020

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Brazil. Syrian refugee rebuilds life in Brazil

World Cities Day: Cities lead the way in protecting forcibly displaced against impact of COVID-19

31 October 2020

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Greece. Syrian refugee carries the Olympic flame in Athens

IPC to create and support a Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

28 October 2020

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Bangladesh. New shelter eases monsoon threat for young Rohingya family

Conference on Sustaining Support for the Rohingya Refugee Response 22 October 2020

22 October 2020

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Afghanistan. IDPs flee from Nadali to Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.

UNHCR calls for protection, support for civilians affected by violence in southern Afghanistan

20 October 2020

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Peru. Peruvian football club Alianza Lima partners with UNHCR to support refugees

Peruvian football club Alianza Lima partners with UNHCR to support refugees

16 October 2020

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