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UNHCR boosts aid as outflow of refugees from Mali doubles in size

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Zoulfa, a mother of four, was forced to flee after armed rebels attacked her village. With little more than a...

Help the UN Refugee Agency Save Lives in South Sudan!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

One human tragedy among thousands: Joshua Luka lost his daughter and his wife on their way to South...

UN Refugee Agency Steps Up Emergency Response to Crisis in Mali

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has stepped up its response to the growing displacement crisis in Mali, launching an aid airlift with a flight to Nema in Mauritania carrying 300 tents. It was the...

$145 Million Needed to Help Tens of Thousands of Sudanese Refugees

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Zeneib was living in her husband's village in Sudan's Blue Nile state when it was attacked. She lost three brothers then endured tremendous hardship on the journey to Ethiopia with her children. ...

Karens in Kentucky find new life challenging

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

"We are lucky to be here, but it's not easy," says 42-year-old Hsar Say. Say was a university student when he fled a crackdown on pro-democracy protests by the Myanmar authorities in 1988,...

Nansen Award winner turns her lens on the Flowers of Afghanistan

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Alixandra Fazzina, winner of the prestigious Nansen Refugee Award in 2010, has spent much of her career as a photographer recording the humanitarian consequences of war, including the plight of...

Innovative Program Brings Light, Security and Fuel-Efficient Cooking to Refugees

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Indianapolis Colt Dwight Freeney Raises Support for Famine Victims in 2 Television Appearances

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Dwight Freeney of the Indianapolis Colts has pledged to help raise awareness and donations for the on-going crisis in the Horn of Africa. Freeney will be featured tomorrow, on Good Morning...

UNHCR alarmed at air raid on vulnerable refugees in South Sudan

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Sudanese refugees await relocation in South Sudan's Unity State. Photo © UNHCR/C.Mballa The UN Refugee...

2011 - A Year in Review

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

2011 has been a busy and challenging year for UNHCR. More people were forcibly displaced last year than ever. We also responded to more emergencies than ever before – deploying special teams to...

33 Unaccompanied Children Resettled from Tunisia to Norway

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

The UN Refugee Agency has helped resettle a group of 33 unaccompanied children who had spent months living in a special camp set up in Tunisia to provide shelter for people fleeing last year's...

South-bound but stranded in Sudan

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

In the months leading up to South Sudan's independence last July, many of those who had sought refuge in Sudan over the years started to move...

UN Refugee Agency Marks 2 Years Since Haiti Earthquake

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

UNHCR has played an important support role in the aftermath of the quake focusing its efforts in providing emergency relief items and following the emergency phase in providing quake victims with...

In Haiti, UNHCR Helps Open the Door to a Future for Thousands

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Photo slideshow: Since the devastating 2010 earthquake, UNHCR has assisted approximately 5,000 people in registering for their vital birth certificates. Some beneficiaries were victims of the...

UNHCR chief appeals for massive humanitarian support for South Sudan

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is calling on the international community to provide "massive" humanitarian support for South Sudan, which faces major forced displacement...

UNHCR distributes winter aid to over 200,000 needy Afghans

Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

The UN Refugee Agency and its partners handed out blankets, plastic sheets, warm clothes and fuel to more than 300 families in the Dahsabz district of the Afghan capital, Kabul. This distribution is...

Q&A: Somali advocate represents refugee community at UNHCR ministerial meeting

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Fatima Elmi, a resettled refugee from Somalia, recently attended an international conference on the world's forcibly displaced and stateless organized the UN refugee agency.

Running on empty, Sudanese refugees urged to leave unsafe border site

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

More than 20,000 Sudanese refugees from Southern Kordofan live in Yida, a temporary site in Unity state, South Sudan. © UNHCR/V. Tan ...

20,000 Forced to Flee Violence in Mali

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:48:28 PST

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has deployed emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help meet the needs of some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting in the north of the...