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UNHCR prepares for possible flooding in Dadaab refugee camps; appeals for US$2.8 million
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Corporate partners announce projects with UNHCR at annual Clinton Global Initiative meet
25 Sep 2009 UNHCR and two of its corporate partners announce technology-based projects that will improve the lives of tens of thousands of refugees in Africa and Asia. -
Conflict and drought force more than 50,000 Somalis to flee to Kenya this year
25 Sep 2009 More than 50,000 Somali civilians have fled to Kenya since the beginning of the year to escape continuing fighting and a prolonged drought. -
Angelina Jolie visits "dire" refugee settlement on Kenyan border with Somalia
12 Sep 2009 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits the world's largest refugee camp, overcrowded with 285,000 mostly Somali refugees on the Kenyan border. -
Number of refugees from Bhutan resettled from Nepal passes 20,000 mark
8 Sep 2009 A young girl becomes the 20,000th refugee from Bhutan to leave Nepal for a new life under one of the UN refugee agency’s largest resettlement programmes. -
UN High Commissioner calls for urgent international action to remedy "dire" situation in Somalia
6 Aug 2009 High Commissioner António Guterres meets with Kenyan officials and calls for international solidarity to address Somalia crisis. -
UNHCR chief visits Dadaab, draws attention to "dramatic" Somali refugee crisis
5 Aug 2009 High Commissioner António Guterres visits sprawling, overcrowded Dadaab camp complex in Kenya and draws attention to the Somali refugee crisis. -
Q&A: A school in the US town of Decatur offers refugees a top education
28 Jul 2009 The International Community School in the US city of Decatur was set up in 2002 to provide a top primary education to a mix of US-born local children and young refugees and immigrants. -
Number of Mogadishu civilians displaced by fighting since early May tops 200,000
7 Jul 2009 The escalating conflict in Mogadishu is having a devastating impact on the city's population, causing enormous suffering and massive displacement.