Articles tagged with: un high commissioner for refugees
Child refugees from Libyan crisis in Norway for UN resettlement process Displaced children from Ajdabiya play in the grounds of a converted construction camp in Benghazi, Libya. Photo: OCHA A group of 33 unaccompanied children who spent months in a refugee camp in Tunisia after fleeing last year’s turmoil in Libya have arrived in Norway […]
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UNHCR helps resettle 33 unaccompanied children from Tunisia to Norway A young boy plays in a special tent run by UNHCR and Save the Children for children, including unaccompanied minors, at Choucha transit camp. CHOUCHA CAMP, Tunisia, January 17 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has helped resettle a group of 33 unaccompanied children who had spent months […]
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South-bound but stranded in Sudan After waiting for over a year to go to South Sudan, some southerners have set up home in abandoned train carriages at Khartoum’s Shajara railway station. KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 16 (UNHCR) – At first glance it looks like a junkyard, strewn with piles of broken furniture, rusty metal beams and doors ripped off […]
Concluding its work, UN refugee agency closes office in Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste (left), presents gifts to UNHCR’s James Lynch at a ceremony marking the closure of the refugee agency’s office in Dili. Photo: UNHCR/K.McKinsey The United Nations refugee agency has closed its office in the Timor-Leste capital, Dili, after more than 12 years, a […]
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UN agency seeks solution for long-term refugees in eastern Sudan High Commissioner António Guterres with Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Shagarab I camp, eastern Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/A.Awad The head of the United Nations refugee agency has praised efforts to find a lasting solution for tens of thousands of long-term refugees in eastern Sudan, most of […]
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UN agency worried about insecurity at Somali refugee camps in Horn of Africa UNHCR Dadaab camps, Kenya. Photo: UNHCR The United Nations refugee agency said today it is increasingly concerned about insecurity in and around camps hosting hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa. “The situation is particularly worrying, complex and […]
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UNHCR chief ends Sudan visit with relief for ‘old’ refugees, risks for new ones High Commissioner António Guterres with Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Shagarab I camp, eastern Sudan. Photo: UNHCR/A.Awad KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 13 (UNHCR) – UN refugee agency chief António Guterres ended a visit to Sudan this week by hailing efforts towards lasting solutions for […]
Timor-Leste vows never to turn back on refugees as UNHCR office closes José Ramos-Horta, president of Timor-Leste, presents gifts to UNHCR’s James Lynch at a ceremony today marking the closure of the refugee agency’s office in Dili./© UNHCR/K.McKinsey DILI, Timor-Leste, January 12 (UNHCR) – In a ceremony filled with personal reminiscences, Timor Leste’s President José Ramos-Horta on Thursday […]
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Security Council presses for ethnic reconciliation in troubled area of South Sudan Internally displaced persons (IDPs) preparing a meal in South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS/Gideon Pibor Security Council members have called on warring ethnic communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state to engage in reconciliation and end the “cycle of conflict” that has claimed an unknown number […]
UN official urges more help for South Sudan to cope with crises High Commissioner António Guterres meets with a group of South Sudan returnees The head of the United Nations refugee agency today urged the international community to show greater solidarity with South Sudan as it strives to cope with enormous humanitarian challenges as tensions […]
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