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CAMEROON ANGLOPHONE CRISIS FORCES THOUSANDS TO FLEE INTO NIGERIA
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, had disclosed that thousands of Cameroonians from the restive Anglophone region continue to flee into neighbouring Nigeria... READ MORE›
RESCUED MIGRANTS LAND IN SICILY AMID NEW EXODUS FROM LIBYA
Some 600 migrants rescued at sea arrived on Friday in Sicily... READ MORE›
DR CONGO VIOLENCE DRIVES THOUSANDS INTO ZAMBIA
A full 60 percent of those arriving in Zambia are children, including many showing signs of malnutrition, the UNHCR said... READ MORE›
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'I STOOD ON THOSE LESBOS BEACHES IN FLOODS OF TEARS'
In October 2015, photographer Giles Duley was commissioned by the UNHCR to document the refugee crisis... READ MORE›
ELEVEN MIGRANTS DROWN HEADING FROM TURKEY TO GREEK ISLAND
It said a boat carrying 16 Syrian migrants had sunk after leaving the Akyarlar area of the Bodrum peninsula and seven people had died... READ MORE›
180 MISSING PEOPLE PRESUMED DEAD AFTER SHIPWRECK
East African survivors from latest disaster off Libyan coast recount harrowing details from Saturday's sinking... READ MORE›
RECORD 65 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED IN 2016: UN
The record number includes 22.5 million refugees, 40.3 million internally displaced people and 2.8 million asylum seekers... READ MORE›
REFUGEES FROM SOUTH SUDAN CROSS 1.5M MARK
Currently, most South Sudan refugees are being hosted by Uganda, where some 698,000 have arrived... READ MORE›
UN AGENCIES URGE TRUMP TO ALLOW REFUGEES ENTRY
Some 25,000 refugees were resettled in the United States between October and year-end under UNHCR's program for the most vulnerable, the agency said on Friday... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MISTREATING REFUGEES IN COLD WEATHER, SAYS UN
The UNHCR said at least five refugees had died from the cold weather since the start of the year, as temperatures dropped as low as... READ MORE›
ALLEGED SAUDI COALITION STRIKE ON REFUGEE BOAT CONDEMNED BY HRW
UNHCR said it was appalled by the deaths of refugees. All parties to the conflict denied involvement in the attack... READ MORE›
WHY SOME COUNTRIES ARE OBLIGATED TO TAKE IN REFUGEES
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates have each given millions of dollars to the United Nations to help Syrian refugees... READ MORE›
65M PEOPLE WERE FORCIBLY DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES LAST YEAR
World Refugee Day 65M people were forcibly displaced from their homes last year... READ MORE›
WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES
Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE›
DANISH MPS DEBATE PLAN TO SEIZE REFUGEES' VALUABLES
European Union Vice President Frans Timmerman said on Wednesday the 28-nation bloc would examine the Danish plan once the law is adopted and..... READ MORE›
FACTBOX: WAYS TO HELP REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN EUROPE AND BEYOND
CARE www.care.org CARE has operations in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria, offering all kinds of assistance to people affected by the Syrian conflict... READ MORE›
INTERACTIVE: THE WORLDS CHANGING PATTERN OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS
The Syrian conflict has made Turkey the largest host nation of refugees in the world... READ MORE›
WHY AID IS SLOW TO REACH ROHINGYA REFUGEES
So why is the Bangladeshi government making it so hard for organisations like the UNHCR to do their job?... READ MORE›
A REFUGEE HAS DIED 'RUNNING AWAY FROM POLICE' IN HUNGARY
The man was one of around 300 refugees who broke through police lines to escape a train station in Hungary... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 300 MIGRANTS DEAD OR MISSING IN MEDITERRANEAN CROSSING
At least 200 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said Wednesday... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF REFUGEES FORCED TO FLEE CONFLICT HITS A RECORD 59.5 MILLION
Around 42,500 men, women and children became refugees, asylum seekers or were displaced every day last year, a study by the United Nations agency UNHCR found... READ MORE›
100,000 IRAQIS MAY FLEE MOSUL FOR SYRIA, TURKEY
UNHCR is concerned that events in Mosul may cause up to 100,000 Iraqis to flee towards Syria and Turkey, the U.N... READ MORE›
60M PEOPLE UPROOTED BY CONFLICT AND PERSECUTION, UN SAYS
Syrians, Somalis and Afghans make up more than half the remaining 14.4 million refugees, UNHCR said... READ MORE›
INSIDE THE LARGEST SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP
What started as a cluster of UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees tents turned into the ninth biggest city in Jorday with over 81 000 inhabitants... READ MORE›
FIRST 900 CIVILIANS FLEE EMBATTLED MOSUL, REPORT SAYS
The civilians are in a refugee camp in neighboring Syria after crossing the border, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said, according to the BBC... READ MORE›
OVER 200 MIGRANTS BELIEVED DROWNED IN MEDITERRANEAN
Hundreds of migrants are believed to have drowned after two boats sank of the coast of Libya, a United Nations official said Thursday... READ MORE›
2,500 REFUGEES DROWNED ON WAY TO EUROPE IN 2016
UNHCR 2,500 refugees drowned on way to Europe in 2016... READ MORE›
U.N. URGES GREECE TO TAKE CHARGE OF REFUGEE CRISIS
U.N. urges Greece to take charge of refugee crisis... READ MORE›
'WHAT ARE THEIR COPING MECHANISMS?' HOW THE UN ASSESSES REFUGEES
Once approved by UNHCR, names are referred to countries such as Canada who are willing to sponsor refugees... READ MORE›
65.3 MILLION DISPLACED PEOPLE GLOBALLY, UN REFUGEE AGENCY SAYS
Photo United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees If it were a country, the global refugee population would make the 21st most populous nation in the world... READ MORE›
162 BODIES RETRIEVED AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES OFF EGYPT
Wahdan el-Sayyed, the spokesman of the Nile Delta province of Beheira, provided the latest figures and told The Associated Press that the search operation was ongoing... READ MORE›
THE REFUGEES SHOULD STOP COMING BY BOAT. INSTEAD, WE SHOULD FLY THEM HERE
With the power to grant refugee protected person status, on behalf of European countries... READ MORE›
AS REFUGEE CRISIS GROWS, U.N. AGENCY FACES QUESTIONS
UNHCR rejected criticism of its part in the European crisis, saying Guterres has been pressing European governments to take more refugees for years... READ MORE›