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UNHCR warns of "looming refugee crisis" in the Americas
28 Oct 2015 A new report flags a growing crisis as thousands of women from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico are driven from their homes by unchecked gang violence -
For these scouts, "camping" means coming home
29 Sep 2015 Resettled to the United States, a group of Myanmar refugee boys joined the Scout movement, expanded their horizons, and recently returned to visit their relatives in a camp in Thailand. -
Talented Somali refugee dreams of new life in America to honour slain father who set up Picasso art school
27 Jul 2015 In June 2009, gunmen shot dead his father, co-founder of the Picasso art school in Mogadishu. -
Refugee student's hard work pays off with scholarship to study in USA
7 Jul 2015 A young Congolese refugee in Zimbabwe achieves his dream of going to university with a scholarship awarded by the US government. -
UNHCR urges Europe to do more to help Syrian refugees
11 Jul 2014 Only four per cent of Syrian refugees have sought asylum in Europe. More than half of them are going to Sweden and Germany. -
UNHCR calls on the Americas to keep children on the run safe from violence
12 Mar 2014 UNHCR's "Children on the Run" report also urges governments to take action to keep children safe from rights abuses, violence and crime, and to ensure their access to asylum. -
US wraps up group resettlement for Myanmar refugees in Thailand
29 Jan 2014 More than 70,000 Myanmar refugees have been resettled from Thailand's camps to the United States as one of the world's largest resettlement programmes comes to an end. -
Refugee Congress gathering brings new voice to US policy debate
13 Dec 2013 The 48 delegates signed a letter calling on the US authorities to invite refugees and other affected persons to participate meaningfully in discussions on asylum policy. -
Together At Last: Abdi's nine-year journey to find his family
25 Jun 2013 Abdi was born in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, where his Somali parents grew up, met and married. But in 2004, when the family left for resettlement, he was left behind.