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Millions of Japanese expected to tune in to TV drama about UNHCR
27 May 2009 Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK will air a new romantic drama over the next five weeks that also raises awareness about UNHCR and refugees. -
UNHCR self-reliance programme helps empower Ivoirian refugee
30 Mar 2009 Ouattara Madoussou has been resettled in Canada. But she will stay in touch with Indonesian friends through an internet business set up with UNHCR help. -
UNHCR and Pakistan sign new agreement on stay of Afghan refugees
13 Mar 2009 UNHCR and Pakistan sign an agreement to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and to seek international support for their care. -
Afghan and Pakistani women pick up physiotherapy skills
18 Feb 2009 UNHCR helps a group of Afghan refugee women and Pakistani females learn physiotherapy skills that they will use to help members of their community. -
Jalozai camp population swells as Pakistan's displacement crisis deepens
11 Feb 2009 Hundreds of civilians flock every day to Pakistan's Jalozai camp as pressure mounts on those already displaced amid continuing fighting in highland regions. -
UNHCR trains Canadian officials dealing with refugees
4 Feb 2009 UNHCR trains Canadian government staff in Toronto on refugee protection. This will help ensure asylum needs are not overwhelmed by migration issues. -
Q&A: Canada's IRB marks 20 years of helping refugees
16 Jan 2009 Brian Goodman discusses the work of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, a close UNHCR working partner which he has headed since 2007. -
Weaving themselves back into the Afghan social fabric
2 Jan 2009 The ethnic Turkmen of Afghanistan are finding it hard to cope back home after decades as refugees in neighbouring Pakistan, but many put their faith in their traditional carpet-weaving skills. -
A childhood of rape and exploitation ends mercifully with a new life in Canada
31 Dec 2008 For one young Iraqi refugee, sold into sexual slavery by her own father, resettlement in Canada proves the key to a better future.