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More than 5,000 Congolese flee to Uganda amid fresh fighting
10 Jul 2012 The surge in new arrivals has put a strain on shelter facilities at the Nyakabande Transit Centre, which currently houses more than 11,500 people. -
UNHCR warns that operations for Sudanese refugees at breaking point
4 Jul 2012 UNHCR field offices in Ethiopia and South Sudan say 211,700 refugees have so far arrived from Sudan's Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. -
UNHCR works to bring the perpetrators of sexual crime to justice
25 Jun 2012 The UN refugee agency and its partners make it a priority to fight sexual violence in a Rwandan refugee camp and encourage people to speak out. -
New camp opens for Congolese refugees in Rwanda
12 Jun 2012 UNHCR transfers almost 300 refugees on Sunday and Monday from Nkamira transit centre to Kigeme in the south of the country. -
UNHCR relocates 8,000 Sudanese refugees to decongest sites
12 Jun 2012 The refugees were moved from a transit site in north-east South Sudan following several deaths, and the prospect of up to 15,000 new arrivals. -
Number of Congolese in Rwanda transit camp passes 10,000
8 Jun 2012 And UNHCR registers 1,422 Congolese in south-west Uganda following fighting in North Kivu, bringing the total since January to more than 21,000. -
UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline
8 Jun 2012 Group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the 1965-75 war of independence and the subsequent civil war. -
35,000 refugees seek shelter in South Sudan over past three weeks
5 Jun 2012 Refugees cite aerial bombardments, ground fighting, food shortages and difficult escapes from Sudan's Blue Nile state. -
UNHCR warns of massive refugee flow into South Sudan's north-east
4 Jun 2012 Over the past three weeks an estimated 35,000 refugees have arrived in Upper Nile state, on top of 70,000 already there. The arrivals are continuing.