United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
Website: http://www.unhcr.org/
July 11
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North Africa: 54 Migrants Die At Sea [press release]
It is with great sadness that UNHCR received the news that 54 people perished attempting the sea journey from Libya to Italy. According to the sole survivor, an Eritrean man, 55... Read more »
May 4
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East Africa: An Eritrean Refugee's African Odyssey [press release]
They crossed the border at midnight, grief-stricken at the death of their daughter the previous day. Gebre's two-year-old girl Arsama perished from the flu. The night after they... Read more »
March 30
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Welcomes European Resettlement Programme [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 30 March 2012, at the Palais des... Read more »
March 20
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Eritrea: Fear of Compulsory Recruitment Drives Teen to Flee Home [press release]
Gebre* knew the dangers as well as any 13-year-old. He understood that to be captured fleeing his country by the Eritrean border guards could mean jail or worse. And anyone taking... Read more »
October 18, 2011
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Eritrea: UNHCR Dismay At New Deportation of Eritreans By Sudan [press release]
UNHCR condemns the deportation yesterday (Monday) of over 300 Eritrean asylum-seekers and refugees by Sudan. Read more »
July 27, 2011
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Eritrea: UNHCR Deeply Concerned By Deportation of Locals From Sudan [press release]
UNHCR strongly condemns the recent deportation of Eritrean asylum-seekers by Sudan. In the latest incident yesterday, one asylum-seeker died while another was seriously wounded. Read more »
July 21, 2011
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Ethiopia: Young Eritreans Face Future in Limbo [press release]
As the world focuses on the impact of the severe drought in East Africa, a silent crisis is brewing in a remote corner of Ethiopia. Hundreds of Eritreans are arriving here every... Read more »
July 5, 2011
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Eritrea: A Teen With Nothing to Call His Own
In the harsh, arid landscape of Sallum, there is a small fragile figure, walking alone in the desert sun, shielding himself from the dust and wind, battling his inner fears and... Read more »
June 3, 2011
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Eritrea: Detained Deserters Leave Yemen for a New Life in Sweden [press release]
Military service is mandatory in many countries around the world, but in Eritrea it is often indefinite in duration and conducted under harsh conditions, prompting thousands of... Read more »
April 21, 2011
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Eritrea: Eritrean Refugees Arrive in Romanian Emergency Transit Centre From Tunisia [press release]
Thirty Eritrean refugees have arrived at an emergency transit centre in western Romania after fleeing Libya and spending weeks in a crowded camp in Tunisia as UNHCR and its... Read more »
April 11, 2011
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Africa: UNHCR Calls On States to Uphold Principles of Rescue-At-Sea And Burden Sharing [press release]
In light of the massive loss of life in the Mediterranean this week in a refugee boat capsizing, UNHCR is calling on the European Union (EU) to urgently put into place more... Read more »
April 8, 2011
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Libya: Hundreds of Fleeing People Drown [press release]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie expressed deep shock today at the reported drownings of 213 people in rough waters... Read more »
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