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Honduras. Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework (MIRPS)

North and Central American countries pledge support for Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework

27 October 2017

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Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees arrive under cover of darkness

Donors pledge over US$344 million in response to Rohingya refugee crisis

23 October 2017

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Bangladesh. UNHCR teams gather data to help Rohingya refugees

New World Bank-UNHCR joint data centre to improve global statistics on forced displacement

20 October 2017

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Papua New Guinea. UNHCR supports asylum-seekers' struggle for fair treatment

UNHCR Statement: Australia must prevent looming humanitarian emergency in Papua New Guinea

18 October 2017

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Bangladesh. Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border

Joint Statement on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

16 October 2017

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Syria. Violence and food shortages force Raqqa residents to flee

Alarm grows over thousands trapped by Syrian fighting

13 October 2017

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Chile becomes latest country to resettle Syrian refugees

13 October 2017

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UNHCR chief exhorts France to promote solidarity towards refugees in Europe

10 October 2017

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Bangladesh. Smoke still rising from Myanmar villages

UNHCR readies aid amid fresh refugee surge in Bangladesh

9 October 2017

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UNHCR brings help to refugees and migrants impacted by fierce fighting in Sabratha

9 October 2017

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UNHCR's Volker Turk warns of threats to global asylum environment in key address

5 October 2017

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Switzerland. UNHCR and Qatar Charity formalize cooperation agreement to support of global refugee programmes

UNHCR and Qatar Charity formalize cooperation agreement to support of global refugee programmes

3 October 2017

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