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A huge burden lifted as refugee restaurant owner gains Estonian citizenship
11 May 2015 Karwan has worked hard to fit in, learning the language, making friends, finding employment, starting a family. It all paid off earlier this year. -
UNHCR concerned about the challenges facing thousands of Iraqis fleeing Ramadi
22 Apr 2015 Some 114,000 Iraqis have fled Ramadi over the past two weeks to escape conflict. Of these, about 39,000 remain stuck inside Anbar province. -
UNHCR concerned by border practices after deaths of two Iraqis at the Bulgaria-Turkey border
31 Mar 2015 Measures that make it more difficult to enter the EU are forcing people seeking international protection to take increasingly dangerous route to enter -
Q&A: Positive outlook for Iraq, but improvement will take months to show
17 Mar 2015 Meanwhile, the numbers and needs of Syrian refugees and Iraqis displaced within their country are expected to continue growing throughout 2015. -
Desperate Iraqis end up in Hungary after ill-timed detour to war-torn Ukraine
5 Mar 2015 Yusuf and Omar fled war in Iraq – only to find a different conflict engulfing their safe haven in Ukraine. Now they are in Hungary and hope for safety in Western Europe. -
Kobani refugees encouraged to move into Turkey's newest and largest camp
16 Feb 2015 To date just 5,000 people have moved to the camp at Suruc, which can provide shelter to 35,000 of the 192,000 people who fled to Turkey from Kobani in Syria. -
Turkey proves a saviour for Syrian pensioner recovering from a stroke
12 Feb 2015 Turkey has provided vital free health care for refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani, conducting first aid and health checks and deploying ambulances. -
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq, calls for international leadership to end suffering
25 Jan 2015 Humanitarian situation has deteriorated dramatically since UNHCR Special Envoy's last Iraq visit in September 2012 -
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.