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German scholarship gives Somali refugee "the best you can get" - education
7 Aug 2008 From killings and kidnappings, screaming and tears, young Mohamed made the journey from Somalia to Egypt on his own and now thanks to the German government he has graduated from university. -
UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya
4 Jul 2008 UNHCR, as part of its work on mixed migration flows, signs an agreement aimed at ensuring refugee and asylum seeker protection needs in Libya. -
UNHCR interviews 179 Eritrean asylum seekers detained in Egypt
2 Jul 2008 UNHCR staff conduct interviews in southern Egypt with 179 detained Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers to determine if they qualify for refugee status. -
Romania to set up evacuation transit centre for refugees
9 May 2008 Romania has agreed to set up a special evacuation transit centre for refugees in other countries facing acute danger. It will be the first of its kind in Europe. -
UNHCR and Sudan kick off registration of Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees
4 Mar 2008 UNHCR and Sudan launch joint registration operation for tens of thousands of mostly Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees living in eastern Sudan. -
Thousands of refugee children start school in Egypt with UNHCR help
20 Sep 2007 Thousands of refugee children in Egypt have been returning to school this week, some for the first time in years. UNHCR is covering costs of tuition, transportation and uniforms for more than 6,000 children from different countries. -
UNHCR looks at solutions for Eritrean refugees of eastern Sudan
22 Aug 2007 While world attention has focused on the suffering in west Sudan's Darfur region in recent years, little has been heard about one of the world's most protracted refugee situations on the other side of the country. Tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees have found shelter in eastern Sudan. -
Eritrean refugees fly out of Ethiopia for a new life in the United States
5 Jul 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun the resettlement in the United States of some 700 ethnic Kunama refugees from Eritrea, flying out a first group of 29 from their current home in northern Ethiopia. -
Young Muslim saviour helps two elderly Iraqi Christians start a new life
10 May 2007 When two elderly Iraqi sisters arrived at Cairo International Airport on New Year's Eve they had little money, their family was left behind in Baghdad and they felt lonely and depressed. A devout young Egyptian woman stepped in, took them home and gave them the chance for a new life.