United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
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March 19
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Burkina Faso: A Mother Waits in Exile to Return to Her Village in Mali [press release]
Aicha is suffering: she is far from her home in the central Malian district of Mopti and she has caught a pulmonary infection, which is compounded by the harmattan, the dusty trade... Read more »
January 08
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Burkina Faso: Helping Refugees By Respecting and Assisting Their Hosts [press release]
Local chieftain Maurice has his work cut out at the best of times looking after the interests of the 10,000 residents of Sag-nioniogo. Since last October, he's also had to deal... Read more »
December 21, 2012
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Mali: Mali Refugees Moved to Burkina Faso [press release]
Mother of two, Mariam, is quite well travelled in the Sahel region, but not from choice. Over the past two decades, insecurity and conflict has forced the 49-year-old to flee her... Read more »
October 25, 2012
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Burkina Faso: Tuareg Gives Up Job to Help Malian Refugees
When thousands of Malian families started streaming through his village in northern Burkina Faso earlier this year, Ahmid Ag Rali was struck by the number of children among the... Read more »
August 02, 2012
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Mali: UN Calls for Aid for 'Hidden' Crisis
UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres has called for countries to increase their support to the severely-underfunded Malian refugee operation in a region that can barely... Read more »
July 31, 2012
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West Africa: High Commissioner Visiting Burkina Faso, Calls for More Support to Mali Refugees [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 31 July 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
July 09, 2012
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Burkina Faso: Renowned Singer Calls for Aid During Visit to Malian Refugees [press release]
Renowned soprano Barbara Hendricks has visited a camp in northern Burkina Faso to raise awareness about the plight of tens of thousands of Malian refugees in Africa's Sahel region... Read more »
April 03, 2012
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Mali: UN Deeply Concerned as Crisis Worsens [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 3 April 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
March 20, 2012
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Mali: As Tens of Thousands Flee, UNHCR U.S Assistance to Refugees [press release]
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it is boosting assistance to the thousands of Malians who have been uprooted by fighting between Tuareg rebels and Malian forces since... Read more »
March 02, 2012
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Mali: More Citizens Fleeing to Mauritania and Burkina Faso [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 2 March 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
February 24, 2012
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Mali: UN Says 130,000 Have Been Displaced [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards at the press briefing, on 24 February 2012, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Read more »
February 17, 2012
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Mali: Number of Refugees Fleeing Violence Doubles [press release]
The following is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 17 February 2012, at the... Read more »
February 14, 2012
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Mali: Plan to Relocate Thousands of Refugees
The UN refugee agency said Friday it has begun planning with the governments of Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger to relocate refugees fleeing Mali to safer locations away from... Read more »
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Mali: Thousands of Refugees to Be Relocated [press release]
The following is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 14 February 2012, at the Palais... Read more »
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