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UNHCR, allies seek $556m to help refugees in Sudan

February 1, 2023

In this file photo dated Nov 27, 2020, a Sudanese girl from an Arab tribe nearby pours water into gallons, at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan.The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and 41 global and national parterners call for raising $556 million to help refugees living...

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Refugee tide places huge strains on Europe

December 23, 2022

Over 7.8 million people have fled Ukraine since conflict began A boy with his mother in an indoor sports stadium being used as a refugee center in the village of Medyka on a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, in March. (PETROS GIANNAKOURIS / AP) This year European countries have...

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UN urges EU to focus on safety of Mediterranean migrants

November 25, 2022

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks to the media prior to the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony, in Geneva on Oct 10, 2022. (STEFAN WERMUTH / POOL / AFP) GENEVA – The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday called on the European...

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Greece rescues hundreds of migrants adrift on fishing boat

November 23, 2022

Hellenic Red Cross rescuers and health workers stand by a boat carrying some 400 refugees and migrants at the town of Paleochora, southwestern Crete island on November 22, 2022, following a rescue operation. (Costas METAXAKIS / AFP) ATHEN — Greece rescued hundreds of migrants on Tuesday after the fishing boat...

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UN refugee chief: Crises in Horn of Africa ‘largely unnoticed’

October 26, 2022

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 25, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) GENEVA - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday called on world leaders to spare no efforts in assisting countries in the Horn of...

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Hundreds of Congolese flee to Uganda after fresh fighting

October 24, 2022

Asylum Seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are guided to wait on a truck after crossing a border to be transferred in Bunagana, Uganda, on June 7, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA - Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced hundreds of people...

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UN refugee boss warns of ‘severe cuts’ without new funding

October 10, 2022

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attends a press conference on the UNHCR annual global trends report on forced displacement at the United Nations offices in Geneva on June 13, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA - The UN refugee agency will have to make "severe cuts", increasing...

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Flood of refugees puts bloc under strain

June 7, 2022

In this file photo taken on June 02, 2022, refugees from Ukraine line up for information at a booth at a job fair for Ukrainians organized by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in Berlin on June 2, 2022. (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) European countries have opened up to...

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It’s destination California for Ukrainian refugees

April 23, 2022

A group of Ukrainians arrive to a shelter, April 21, 2022, in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. (GREGORY BULL / AP) California has increasingly become a destination for Ukrainian refugees as thousands of them travel to Mexico's northern border in a bid to seek asylum in the United States....

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Ukraine tensions: Eastern Europe braces for refugees

February 15, 2022

US troops of the 82nd Airborne Division recently deployed to Poland because of the Russia-Ukraine tensions are setting up camp at a military airport in Mielec, southeastern Poland, Feb 12, 2022. (BEATA ZAWRZEL / AP) WARSAW / BUDAPEST - Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of...

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Sudan summons Ethiopian envoy after 29 bodies found

September 9, 2021

Ethiopian refugees, who fled the Tigray conflict, gather their belongings upon their arrival at the Tenedba camp in Mafaza, eastern Sudan on January 8, 2021, after being transported from the reception center. (ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) KHARTOUM - Sudan's foreign ministry on Wednesday said it had summoned the Ethiopian Ambassador...

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Refugee group praises govt decision on jabs

May 26, 2021

A co-founder of the Society for Asylum-Seekers and Refugees has welcomed plans to include the city's 13,000 such claimants in the Covid vaccination programme, saying it shows the government is being responsive to their concerns. The government said on Tuesday that it's planning to administer vaccines for around 13,000 asylum...

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UNHCR: More than 650 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

May 18, 2021

TRIPOLI - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that more than 650 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya. "Over 650 persons were returned on Sunday to Tripoli by Libyan authorities," the UNHCR tweeted earlier Monday. ALSO READ: Patience wears thin for migrants...

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NEC, UN-Habitat and Peace Winds Japan provide thermography camera in Kenya to prevent the spread of COVID-19

April 23, 2021

TOKYO, Apr 23, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced a collaboration between NEC XON, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the United Nations programme that promotes better quality of life for all through sustainable urbanization, and Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), an NGO...

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UNHCR: Massive funding gap for refugees in Ethiopia

February 15, 2021

An Ethiopian refugee who fled the Tigray conflict holds her child at the Um Raquba refugee camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref state, on December 5, 2020. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) ADDIS ABABA - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it only received 7 percent of the...