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UNHCR provides tents for hundreds of flood victims in Libya
3 May 2013 Hundreds of families were forced to flee their homes when rainstorms hit the deep south towns of Immralanib, Majdol, Tarpo, Zaolya and Hemerah. -
One Woman's Quest: Marian's hopes rest on her son as she searches for her husband
28 Mar 2013 Driven by love, an Eritrean asylum-seeker searches for her missing husband in Libya while working to provide for her bright and beloved son. -
Number of Syrian refugees reaches 1 million mark
6 Mar 2013 As grim milestone reached, UNHCR chief Guterres warns that Syria is spiralling towards total disaster and humanitarian response capacity is dangerously stretched. -
UNHCR strives to find solutions for refugees at Egypt-Libya border
21 May 2012 Hundreds of people at the Egyptian-Libyan border wait for resettlement. UNHCR and Egyptian border authorities seek a solution, but it takes time. -
UNHCR works to improve conditions for hundreds at Egyptian border
22 Mar 2012 The cramped site for refugees at Sallum on the Egypt-Libya border has to be one of the most difficult UNHCR is facing. But a solution is at hand. -
More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011
31 Jan 2012 UNHCR figures also show that a record 58,000 irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees managed to make it to Europe by sea last year. -
UNHCR concerned as sub-Saharan Africans targeted in Libya
26 Aug 2011 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres urges restraint as Libyan rebels round up sub-Saharan Africans suspected of fighting for Gaddafi regime. -
UNHCR chief Guterres calls for safety of third-country nationals in Libya
22 Aug 2011 High Commissioner António Guterres says third-country nationals trapped in Tripoli and other areas must be properly protected from harm. -
UNHCR distributes Ramadan meals to 55,000 Libyan refugees in Tunisia
3 Aug 2011 UNHCR and its partners begin distributing food for more than 55,000 Libyan refugees to eat in the evening during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.