United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
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April 27
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Ethiopia: More Than 30,000 Refugees and Migrants Make Risky Sea Crossing to Yemen This Year [press release]
The UN refugee agency announced on Friday that its staff in Yemen have recorded the arrival by sea from the Horn of Africa of more than 30,000 refugees and migrants since the start... Read more »
April 26
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East Africa: UN Records Over 30,000 African Refugee, Migrant Arrivals in Yemen in 2013 [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 26 April 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
April 8
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Ethiopia: Refugees in Nation Choose Their Own Housing - and Create Jobs [press release]
Life in a tent in this refugee camp used to spell sleepless nights and fraught days for 33-year-old Mako and her six children. "I could not sleep at night," the Somali refugee... Read more »
February 26
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Ethiopia: Women Giggle and Strain in a Yoga Class Like No Other [press release]
The women giggle and strain as they try to follow their teacher, Naomi Swain, who is sitting in the lotus position on the red cement floor of a spartan classroom in South Sudan. Read more »
January 16
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Ethiopia: Record Number of African Refugees and Migrants Cross the Gulf of Aden in 2012 [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 15 January 2013, at the Palais des... Read more »
November 2, 2012
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Somalia: UN Education Investment Scores High Marks for Refugees [press release]
Seventeen-year-old Hodan's eyes sparkle with joy as she clutches her new English-Somali dictionary - a congratulatory gift from UNHCR on passing a national high school exam. Read more »
October 22, 2012
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Ethiopia: Number of Somali Refugees in Eastern Ethiopia Swells to 170,000 [press release]
The number of Somali refugees in a series of camps in an arid, harsh area of south-eastern Ethiopia has passed the 170,000 mark, making Dollo Ado the world's second largest refugee... Read more »
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Ethiopia: Somali Refugee Population Still Rising in Ethiopia, New Camp Planned [document]
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 19 October 2012, at the Palais des... Read more »
September 14, 2012
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Ethiopia: Somali Refugees and Locals Benefit From Desert Garden in Ethiopia [press release]
Marco Lembo surveys the hundreds of hectares of land surrounding Heloweyen refugee camp. Watermelons, onions, leeks, tomatoes and peppers dot the horizon. Beyond the fields, in a... Read more »
July 5, 2012
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Somalia: A Famine Crisis One Year On - Lives Saved and Lessons Learned [press release]
A year after the onset of the Somalia famine, Aden Yusef Kabey can laugh at the pain he endured. He has regained the body weight he lost over the past year. He can walk, eat and... Read more »
July 3, 2012
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Ethiopia: Somali Refugee Prepares for the Long Haul [press release]
When Amina* first saw the tent she and her young family had been allocated in the Bur Amino refugee camp in south-east Ethiopia, she realized that this might be her home for a long... Read more »
June 22, 2012
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Sudan: UNHCR Warns That South Sudan Situation Is Critical, Appeals to Donors for Urgent New Help [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 22 June 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
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Somalia: Displaced Continue to Move, Seeking Safety and Assistance [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 22 June 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
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East Africa: Climate Change Drives People Into Harm's Way, Says UN Refugee Chief [press release]
A new report based on scores of personal testimonies from refugees in Eastern Africa finds that climate change can make people more vulnerable and can also play a part in driving... Read more »
June 20, 2012
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Sudan: UNHCR Starts Flying in Aid for 50,000 Refugees in Upper Nile [press release]
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it has begun a new emergency aid airlift for refugees in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Read more »
June 15, 2012
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Tunisia: Resettlement Restores Hope for Ethiopian Boy Who Lost All [press release]
His father died in prison, his mother passed away from the shock and his beloved sister just gave up in protest and wasted away in front of him as they fled their past. Read more »
June 5, 2012
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East Africa: One Year On, Somali Exodus Continues Amid Conflict and Poor Rains [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 5 June 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
May 4, 2012
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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 »
April 27, 2012
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Somalia: Refugees in Ethiopia's Dollo Ado Exceed 150,000 As Rains Hit Camps [press release]
The UN refugee agency said Friday that heavy rains have hit Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, damaging tents, flooding roads and affecting aid delivery. Read more »
April 11, 2012
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Somalia: Chinese Actress Seeks to Build Bridges With Refugees
Chinese actress Yao Chen has concluded her first visit to Africa as UNHCR's honorary patron for China by hailing the courage of Somali refugees and the generosity of their hosts in... Read more »
March 13, 2012
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South Sudan: Clashes Force 15,000 to Flee to Ethiopia
Some 15,000 Lou Nuer tribespeople have fled to western Ethiopia from South Sudan in recent weeks to escape clashes with a rival tribe and for fear of reprisal attacks. Read more »
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South Sudan: Thousands of Lou Nuer Tribesmen Flee Jonglei Into Ethiopia [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 13 March 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
February 29, 2012
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Ethiopia: Their Lives in Upheaval, Refugee Children Find Solace in School [press release]
In a tent schoolroom near the top of a hill, the refugee children from Sudan sit shoulder-to-shoulder on wooden benches or on the dirt floor. The littlest ones make themselves at... Read more »
February 24, 2012
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Sudan: Woman Haunted By Attack That Drove Her to Ethiopia [press release]
Five months after the day she fled from Sudan's Blue Nile State, Gisman Usman still struggles with the trauma of the bombing of the place where she slept, her three missing... Read more »
January 25, 2012
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Ethiopia: Polio Fears in Local Refugee Camps [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 24 January 2012, at the Palais des... Read more »
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