United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
Website: http://www.unhcr.org/
April 19
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Mali: UNHCR Says Funding Urgently Needed to Continue Assisting Desperate, Displaced Malians [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 19 April 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
October 22, 2012
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Senegal: UNHCR Distributes Biometric ID Cards to Refugees [press release]
Eighty-year-old Mauritanian refugee Fatou has seen a lot in her long life, but she still got excited when she went to pick up her new biometric identity card from the UN refugee... Read more »
July 10, 2012
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Mauritania: Sharp Increase in Malian Refugee Arrivals, Critical Low Funding Levels [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 10 July 2012, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
June 04, 2012
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West Africa: UPS Delivers 13 Tonnes of Aid for Refugees in Mauritania [press release]
The global package delivery company, UPS, flew some 13 tonnes of UNHCR aid items to Mauritania at the weekend for distribution to some 10,000 Malians in the Mbera refugee camp. Read more »
March 27, 2012
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West Africa: 24,272 Mauritanians Repatriated From Senegal [press release]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has wrapped up a visit to Mauritania after witnessing the end of a repatriation programme for more than 24,000 Mauritanian... Read more »
March 23, 2012
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Mali: UNHCR Watching Situation, High Commissioner Guterres to Visit Mauritania [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 23 March 2012, at the Palais des Nations... 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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