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Some 2,000 Sudanese refugees flee bombing raids in Blue Nile state
28 Oct 2011 The new arrivals are mostly women, children and the elderly who fled bombing and fear of bombing in areas located between Kurmuk and the Blue Nile capital. -
UNHCR moves Sudanese refugees away from volatile border area
20 Oct 2011 UNHCR starts moving some 600 Sudanese refugees away from border areas amid fears that fighting inside Sudan could spill across the border into Ethiopia. -
UNHCR faces challenges helping Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia
11 Oct 2011 Beyond the sheer logistics of establishing camps and transit centres and providing shelter and basic aid, there are other major challenges. -
UNHCR opens camp in western Ethiopia for Blue Nile state refugees
7 Oct 2011 A convoy of buses brought a first group of almost 400 Sudanese refugees to Tongo camp, which has a capacity for 3,000 people. -
Thousands more flee air strikes in Sudan's Blue Nile State
27 Sep 2011 UNHCR appeals for $10 million to care for refugees who are preparing for a longer exile in Ethiopia by bringing beds and goats. -
Thousands flee to South Sudan to escape clashes in Southern Kordofan
16 Sep 2011 More than 8,000 civilians flee into South Sudan to escape fighting in a volatile border state of Sudan. Agencies uses quad bikes to reach some of the displaced. -
20,000 Sudanese flee to Ethiopia to escape fighting in Blue Nile state
6 Sep 2011 A UNHCR team visits the displaced and finds that the physical state of the refugees generally appears good, but they need food, water and shelter. -
Young Eritreans in Ethiopia face future in limbo
21 Jul 2011 Youth fleeing military service in Eritrea are growing frustrated with camp life in Ethiopia and are looking to be smuggled into other countries. -
Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium
20 Jul 2011 After years on the road, Filmon, his wife and twins have been resettled to Belgium from Choucha camp near the Tunisia-Libya border.