United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
Website: http://www.unhcr.org/
August 02
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South Sudan: Bar-Codes Speed Up Distribution of Food in Refugee Camps [press release]
Bar code technology more commonly seen in supermarkets is enabling the UN refugee agency to greatly improve the speed at which monthly rations of food and relief items are... Read more »
July 31
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Uganda: Disability is Not Inability - Refugee Turns Entrepreneur Hours After Fleeing [analysis]
Adam Mugisho is not a man to sit idle. Days after he and tens of thousands of other civilians fled their native Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this month, he had set up... Read more »
July 30
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Kenya: UNHCR Welcomes Kenya High Court Decision On Urban Refugee Rights [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 30 July 2013, at the Palais des... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR Statistics Show Alarming Rise in Rape and Violence Against Women in North Kivu [press release]
The UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday that recurrent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province is uprooting more civilians and exposing an increasing... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence On the Rise in North Kivu [press release]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 30 July 2013, at the Palais des... Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Refugee Repatriation From Liberia This Year Tops 10,000 Mark [press release]
More than 10,000 Ivorians have returned home so far this year from Liberia with UNHCR help, almost double the figure for the whole of last year. Read more »
July 29
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Mali: Malian Refugees Take Part in Presidential Election [press release]
Hundreds of Malian refugees voted in exile at the weekend in the presidential election in their home country, way down on the numbers eligible to cast a ballot. Read more »
July 26
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Egypt: UNHCR Concerned At Arbitrary Detention of Syrian Refugees in Egypt [press release]
The UN refugee agency said on Friday it was concerned that Egyptian military and security personnel have been arbitrarily detaining an increasing number of Syrians amid growing... Read more »
July 23
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Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR Concerned About Civilians Amid Continued Instability in North Kivu [press release]
After nearly two weeks of fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday it was concerned about the situation of... Read more »
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Mali: UNHCR Urges Speeding of Preparations for Refugee Vote in Mali Elections [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 July 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR Concerned About Continued Instability in Eastern DRC [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 July 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
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Mali: UNHCR Helps Prepare for Refugees to Vote in Mali Elections, Voices Concerns Over Voter Registration [press release]
With the first round of Mali's presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, UNHCR is continuing preparations with the Malian authorities and neighbouring states for out-of-country... Read more »
July 22
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South Sudan: A Photographer's Encounter With Innocence in a South Sudan Refugee Camp [press release]
Acclaimed British photographer and cameraman Sebastian Rich has worked in current affairs for more than 30 years. After joining Independent Television News (ITN) in 1980, he... Read more »
July 19
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Uganda: Aid Efforts to Help New Congolese Refugees Focus On Shelter, Water Shortages [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 July 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
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Uganda: UN Moves 15,000 Refugees to Safer Area
A week after Congolese civilians began fleeing into western Uganda, the UN refugee agency is trying to reach the thousands of people still spread across hills along the border, and... Read more »
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Uganda: Born in Exile - Uganda's Newest Refugee Transit Centre Delivers Its First Baby [press release]
Hidden away among the rows of identical tents lives Bubukwanga transit centre's youngest inhabitant - three-day-old Andrea Bandora. Read more »
July 18
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Uganda: Congolese Refugees Move to Transit Centre As Tensions Rise With Locals [press release]
More than 14,000 Congolese refugees have moved voluntarily to a transit centre in western Uganda's Bundibugyo district but tension is rising between locals and thousands of people... Read more »
July 17
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Uganda: UNHCR Helps Traumatized Children Who Fled DR Congo Alone
In a corner of a just opened refugee transit centre in western Uganda, a scared and confused 15-year-old orphan, Jean,* shares a tent with other Congolese boys who have lost or... Read more »
July 16
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Uganda: UNHCR Fears for Welfare of Congolese Refugees in Uganda Hills [press release]
With a new emergency under way in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNHCR and its partners have been rushing to help the tens of thousands of... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UNHCR Fears for Welfare of Border-Bound Congolese Refugees [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 16 July 2013, at the Palais des Nations... Read more »
July 15
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Congo-Kinshasa: Refugees Stream Into Uganda
The UN refugee agency is providing emergency shelter, blankets and other essential relief items to some 66,000 Congolese refugees who have fled fighting for the safety of western... Read more »
July 12
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Ethiopia: UNHCR Chief Praises Ethiopia for Open Borders, Refugee Protection [press release]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday praised Ethiopia for providing shelter to more than 400,000 refugees while supporting the country's efforts to... Read more »
July 10
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Kenya: UNHCR Chief Discusses Solutions for Somali Refugees [press release]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres met Kenya's Interior Minister Joseph ole Lenku today to discuss the situation in Somalia and Kenya's interests in seeing... Read more »
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South Africa: A Congolese Mother and Her Sons Regain Hope in Cape Town [press release]
Mzuji Kadima lives with xenophobia, sexual harassment and the threat of rape in the shack she shares with her two sons in Cape Town's Samora Machel Township. Read more »
July 09
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Somalia: UNHCR Chief Visits Mogadishu, Expresses Solidarity With Somali People On Eve of Ramadan [press release]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antόnio Guterres visited the Somali capital today to support continued progress toward peace in a country torn by more than two decades of... Read more »
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