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Building a Camp: a measured response to Iraqi displacement
15 Jan 2015 Amid the onset of winter, UNHCR takes the lead in planning and constructing a new camp, Al Wand 2, in Iraq's Diyala province for some 2,500 people. -
A safe Romanian pit stop on the road to resettlement
13 Jan 2015 For a young Somali man, the Emergency Transit Centre in Timisoara, Romania, was the first breath of freedom after almost a lifetime in refugee camps. -
Displaced Iraqis seek safety and aid in camps as winter falls
30 Dec 2014 Arbat is one of 24 camps for displaced Iraqis now open across the country. Another 17 are under construction, expected to be ready by the end of January. -
Every Day a Bonus: An Iraqi refugee's mission to educate her children
25 Nov 2014 Aisha believes education is a necessity, not a luxury. She has struggled to keep her children in school in Qamishli, northern Syria, so help from UNHCR is welcome. -
UNHCR warns of winter crisis for almost 1 million displaced Iraqis and Syrians
11 Nov 2014 With a funding shortfall of almost US$60 million, UNHCR is deeply concerned about its ability to meet urgent winter needs of displaced Syrians and Iraqis. -
On the Road: One family's exhausting journey from Kobani to northern Iraq
29 Oct 2014 Tarifa are wearing mostly donated clothes because they had only had time to grab their ID documents and a few small belongings in their rush to leave Kobani. -
From Ironman to doctor? Romanian hospitality may make it possible
20 Oct 2014 After three years in Romania, an Iranian refugee finds his adopted country to be a welcoming place that may allow him to accomplish his dream of becoming a doctor. -
Fresh displacement crisis in Iraq as 180,000 flee town of Hit
14 Oct 2014 The town's residents fled to Ramadi, Khaldiya, Hadithat, Rawa, Ana, Amiryah Rahaliya and other places in Anbar province, as well as Kerbala and Baghdad. -
Carried to safety, Kobane refugee joins thousands heading to Iraq
13 Oct 2014 Mohammed Ali is one of more than 2,500 Kurdish Syrians from the town of Kobane to have crossed into Iraq's Kurdistan region in recent days.