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Mosul's war widows face new challenges in displacement
4 Jul 2017 Female-headed households now make up more than a quarter of the 4,463 families at a UNHCR camp sheltering displaced residents from Iraq's second city. -
Refugee and migrant flows through Libya on the rise - report
3 Jul 2017 UNHCR study finds the North African country is by far the preferred jumping off point for refugees and migrants hoping to reach Europe, yet it is particularly unsafe. -
As Mosul battle rages, trapped residents face terror and hunger
27 Jun 2017 Iraqis say militants gun down civilians escaping fighting in old Mosul, while thousands trapped there are used as human shields. -
In Kenya, UNHCR Special Envoy urges support for child refugees
20 Jun 2017 Angelina Jolie calls for reflection on the "pain and suffering" of refugee children during a visit to a centre for adolescent girls in Nairobi on World Refugee Day. -
Civilians living in "penury and panic" as Mosul battle rages - UNHCR
16 Jun 2017 Up to 100,000 civilians trapped in West Mosul are being used as human shields by ISIS militants and are suffering from lack of food, water and fuel. -
Photographer's stark images capture lives of refugees
15 Jun 2017 In his book "I can only tell you what my eyes see," published in London this week, Giles Duley turns his lens on those uprooted by war and persecution. -
Lyon restaurant serves up Syrian menu to launch Refugee Food Festival
15 Jun 2017 After last year's success, the festival goes international with events in 13 European cities, starting in the capital of French gastronomy. -
Syrian family risks all to flee Raqqa as violence surges
13 Jun 2017 As conflict advances on Raqqa, thousands have braved minefields and armed groups to flee the fighting and worsening humanitarian conditions inside the city. -
Mosul response critically underfunded, UNHCR warns
2 Jun 2017 As fighting rages in the west of Iraq's second largest city, the UN Refugee Agency urgently needs US$126 million to meet the critical needs of those displaced.