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Swedish bikers to raise awareness about refugees during world tour
30 Aug 2007 A student and a stockbroker have set off from Stockholm on a round-the-world motorbike trip during which they plan to raise awareness about the UN refugee agency and UNICEF. -
UNHCR looks at solutions for Eritrean refugees of eastern Sudan
22 Aug 2007 While world attention has focused on the suffering in west Sudan's Darfur region in recent years, little has been heard about one of the world's most protracted refugee situations on the other side of the country. Tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees have found shelter in eastern Sudan. -
Rough seas halt Gulf of Aden crossings; half-year death toll estimated at above 350
10 Jul 2007 Rough seas have put a temporary halt to illegal crossings of the Gulf of Aden, which by UNHCR estimate saw at least 367 desperate people lose their lives in the first six months of the year. -
Eritrean refugees fly out of Ethiopia for a new life in the United States
5 Jul 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun the resettlement in the United States of some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea, flying out a first group of 29 from their current home in northern Ethiopia. -
At least 29 dead in smuggling run off Yemen; UNHCR "horrified"
26 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency said Monday that at least 29 people were confirmed dead and some 71 others reported missing after knife-wielding smugglers forced some 450 Somalis and Ethiopians into stormy seas off the coast of Yemen. -
Death toll crosses 100 after Gulf of Aden boat accident
16 Feb 2007 Following the capsizing of a smuggler's boat on Monday, 107 bodies have so far been found on the Yemen coastline. More are missing as people continue to risk the hazardous voyage across the Gulf of Aden on smugglers' boats in search of safety or economic opportunities. -
Smugglers' boat capsizes in Gulf of Aden leaving at least 30 people dead
13 Feb 2007 A smugglers' boat capsized off the coast of Yemen earlier this week leaving at least 30 people dead amid a recent spike in people smuggling across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia. -
Somali smugglers' boats capsize off Yemen, leaving 17 dead and 140 missing
28 Dec 2006 Seventeen people are confirmed dead and some 140 missing after the smugglers' boats carrying them across the Gulf of Aden from strife-torn Somalia capsized in rough seas off the coast of Yemen. -
UNHCR expresses concern after two people shot dead on Yemen coast
13 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency expressed concern on Wednesday after Yemeni security forces opened fire on a boat carrying people across the Gulf of Aden and killed two people.