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UN High Commissioner for Refugees welcomes Spain's decision to allow Aquarius to dock

11 June 2018

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UNHCR: Bring Aquarius passengers to land, deal with wider issues later

11 June 2018

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Portrait of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud against the backdrop of Azraq refugee camp in Jordan in March 2018.

Emi Mahmoud appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

8 June 2018

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UNHCR and UNDP sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Myanmar to support the creation of conditions for the return of refugees from Bangladesh

6 June 2018

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UNHCR and Caroline Hunt-Matthes reach mutually-satisfactory settlement in relation to her separation from UNHCR

4 June 2018

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UNHCR and UNDP agree on text of MoU with Myanmar to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees

31 May 2018

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UNHCR urges Hungary to withdraw draft law impacting refugees

29 May 2018

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UNHCR suspends resettlement programme from Sudan as fraud probe gathers steam

17 May 2018

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British Royals visit to refugees on Crete

British Royals visit refugee accommodation project on Crete

11 May 2018

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UNHCR resumes life-saving refugee evacuations from Libya

10 May 2018

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UNHCR calls on Austrian Government to keep refugee protection at centre of asylum law amendments

9 May 2018

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Myanmar refugees return home from Thailand with UNHCR support

8 May 2018

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