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Hundreds of Benin flood victims find shelter in UNHCR tents
5 Nov 2010 Hundreds of flood victims in the southern Benin town of Ouinhi find welcome shelter in UNHCR-supplied tents after fleeing their flooded villages. -
First UNHCR emergency aid flight arrives in Benin
28 Oct 2010 UNHCR relief supplies will aid thousands of families left homeless by severe flooding. -
UNHCR stepping in as Benin flood impact grows
22 Oct 2010 The UN refugee agency expects to begin an emergency airlift to Benin in the next few days to help an estimated 680,000 people affected by floods. -
Benin closes Come camp for Togolese refugees
18 Aug 2006 Benin has closed a camp set up last year to shelter refugees from post-electoral violence in neighbouring Togo. Convoys last week moved the last 493 refugees from Come Camp to the settlement of Agame, close to the border with Togo. -
Lack of funds threatens UNHCR assistance to Togolese refugees
4 Aug 2005 Despite repeated requests for funds, the UN refugee agency still faces a serious shortfall in resources available to help Togolese refugees in Benin and Ghana. Already, UNHCR has had to put on hold the assistance it is giving the refugees, even as the numbers continue to grow. -
Benin - a textbook case of education in refugee emergencies
26 Jul 2005 The prompt actions of the Beninese government, refugee teachers and agencies like UNHCR and UNICEF have allowed recent arrivals from Togo to continue their education in exile. Some Togolese refugees have even taken their lower secondary exams alongside their Beninese peers. -
Hundreds of Togolese arrive in Benin's capital
27 May 2005 More than 700 Togolese refugees, mostly young men, have been registered in Cotonou in the last two days. They say they fled amid a climate of fear due to abductions and disappearances in parts of Togo which support the opposition. -
More Togolese refugees found in remote parts of Ghana, Benin
13 May 2005 While the exodus from Togo has slowed considerably in recent days, the UN refugee agency has found groups of previously undetected arrivals living in poor conditions in remote areas of Benin and Ghana. -
Togo outflow slows; aid workers rush to shelter new arrivals
6 May 2005 The flow of refugees from Togo has slowed in recent days, but the pressure is mounting for aid workers to build more shelters and improve living conditions for the new arrivals in neighbouring Benin and Ghana amid the rainy season.