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More than 5,000 refugees resettled from Nepal
23 Sep 2008 More than 5,000 refugees from Bhutan have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries so far this year. The United States has accepted the largest numbers. -
Barbara Hendricks highlights refugee issues at Hague concert
26 May 2008 UNHCR Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Hendricks puts the spotlight on refugee issues at an annual jazz festival in The Hague. -
Q&A: Sudanese returnees benefit from Dutch lottery funds
29 Feb 2008 The Dutch National Postcode Lottery is one of UNHCR's most generous private sector donors. The Lottery's communications adviser, Birgit Deuss, visited South Sudan to see how the organization's money was helping returnees. -
Resettled African refugees arrive in Amsterdam
3 Aug 2007 A group of Congolese and Burundese refugees has arrived in the Netherlands, ready to start new lives under the country's resettlement programme. -
Dutch Postcode Lottery donates 2 million euro to UNHCR
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Dutch lottery funds for projects in Sudan, Bangladesh and Ethiopia
1 Feb 2007 Holland's National Postcode Lottery has awarded 4.4 million euros to the "Safe in Southern Sudan" project run by UNHCR and three of its partners. The charity lottery also donated 1.3 million euros in unearmarked funds to the UN refugee agency, which will use the money in Bangladesh and Ethiopia. -
Refugees from Myanmar get a crash course on Dutch culture, society
31 Jul 2006 When a group of 35 refugees from Myanmar flew to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport earlier this year, they were schooled in how to deal with the culture shock of living in a new and strange country. They had taken part in a special cultural orientation course in two Thai refugee settlements. -
High Commissioner to visit the Netherlands
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Dutch lottery helps refugees in Nepal combat global warming
3 Feb 2006 Global warming is a worldwide concern, whether for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal or Dutch consumers in their homes. A unique project, launched in the Netherlands on Friday, is bringing these two groups and many others together to help meet the challenge.