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UNHCR stepping up support to Iran's flood affected communities

17 April 2019

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Switzerland. UNHCR recives landmark $35 million donation from Qatari businessperson Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al-Thani

Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al-Thani in landmark $35m donation for the displaced through UNHCR's Zakat programme

16 April 2019

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Libya. release and evacuation of detained refugees caught in Libyan crossfire

Detained refugees in Libya moved to safety in second UNHCR relocation

16 April 2019

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Libya. release and evacuation of detained refugees caught in Libyan crossfire

UNHCR issues urgent appeal for release and evacuation of detained refugees caught in Libyan crossfire

12 April 2019

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IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF: The 62 rescued refugees and migrants on board the Alan Kurdi should be disembarked safely as quickly as possible

11 April 2019

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Amid Libya clashes, UNHCR relocates detained refugees to safety

9 April 2019

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UNHCR strongly rejects widespread allegations against workforce

6 April 2019

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Engaging Parliamentarians In Efforts To End Childhood Statelessness

5 April 2019

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First resettled refugees arrive in Portugal from Turkey

4 April 2019

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Mozambique. A plane carrying UNHCR relief items for survivors of the Cyclone Idai landed in Maputo.

First UNHCR relief flight lands in Mozambique

27 March 2019

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Bangladesh. Asst. High Commissioner meets Rohingya families being registered

UNHCR's international protection chief in Bangladesh for talks on seeking solutions and sustaining support to the Rohingya refugee crisis

21 March 2019

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News comment: UNHCR's Grandi expresses shock following massacre of innocent worshipers in New Zealand

15 March 2019

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