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Uganda hosts record 500,000 refugees and asylum-seekers
18 Dec 2015 Numbers reach 510,973, making Uganda the third-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa after Ethiopia and Kenya. -
Thousands flee South Sudan fighting to Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 Dec 2015 Two UNHCR teams have registered 3,464 newly arrived refugees in areas near the border following clashes between South Sudanese forces and armed groups -
Thousands still at Greek-FYR Macedonia border
4 Dec 2015 UNHCR calls on authorities of both countries to manage border in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles -
UNHCR provides emergency relief to Yemen cyclone displaced
6 Nov 2015 Items including tents, blankets and kitchen sets distributed to more than 1,600 families displaced by Cyclone Chapala -
Refugees continue to reach Yemen by sea despite conflict
27 Oct 2015 Strife-torn country now hosts 264,615 refugees, while the number of internally displaced reaches a record of 2,305,048 -
More support needed for Somali refugees going back home from Kenya
16 Oct 2015 Nearly 5,000 Somali refugees from Kenya's Dadaab camps have returned home since December 2014 and a further 4,500 have signed up to go back -
First group of asylum seekers relocated from Italy to Sweden
9 Oct 2015 First group of asylum seekers who arrived in Italy via Mediterranean are relocated to Sweden under EU scheme. -
One war forced a family to flee Somalia, and now another has forced them to return
14 Sep 2015 A Somali family returns to Puntland after 15 years in Yemen, fleeing the country where they had gone in search of protection. -
Student returns to Somalia with dream of becoming a doctor
3 Sep 2015 Student returns to Somalia with dream of becoming a doctor