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More than 40 missing and feared drowned in latest Gulf of Aden boat tragedy
11 Mar 2014 The boat was reportedly carrying 77 men, women and children from Somalia and Ethiopia when it sank. Thirty-three people were rescued. -
UNHCR urges stepped up help for CAR and South Sudan refugees
4 Mar 2014 The crises in South Sudan and the Central African Republic have together caused one of the biggest forced displacement situations Africa has seen in recent years. -
UNHCR urges continued international protection for asylum-seekers from Somalia
28 Jan 2014 UNHCR stresses the need for governments to assess applications for protection on the basis of reliable, up-to-date information about the situation in Somalia. -
LEGO Foundation donates US$3 million to build a future for refugee children
24 Jan 2014 The donation will fund UNHCR education programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Yemen. -
Almost 80,000 South Sudanese flee to neighbouring countries as fighting generates more displacement
14 Jan 2014 More than half have headed for Uganda's West Nile region straddling South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Love of family, country draw first refugees back to Somalia from Kenya
9 Dec 2013 Next January, UNHCR will begin assisting Somali refugees who want to return from Kenya on their own. One young mother tells what's pulling her home. -
UNHCR stresses that repatriation of Somalis from Kenya must be voluntary
26 Nov 2013 The understanding was reaffirmed when Kenyan and Somali refugee commissioners visited Dadaab refugee camp-complex to discuss the repatriation process. -
Yemen meet agrees on regional cooperation to tackle asylum and irregular migration
13 Nov 2013 The irregular migration flows across the sea to Yemen, and the maritime disasters that often ensue, drive home the urgent need for increased international action to avert such incidents. -
More than 62,000 people, mostly Ethiopians, risk lives to cross Gulf of Aden this year
8 Nov 2013 In total, since 2006 when UNHCR began collecting data, more than half-a-million asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have travelled by sea to Yemen.