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Relief kits help Pakistan's displaced as they return home or cope with temporary exile
24 Aug 2009 Thanks to a generous donation from a UAE charity, more than 800,000 displaced people in Pakistan are getting vital help. -
UNHCR pays tribute to fallen colleagues on World Humanitarian Day
19 Aug 2009 UNHCR staff around the globe mark the first World Humanitarian Day, honouring hundreds of colleagues in humanitarian organizations who have been killed while carrying out their duties. -
UNHCR to remember sacrifice of colleagues on World Humanitarian Day
18 Aug 2009 For the first time, August 19 will be observed as a day to honour all those who have been injured or killed while carrying out their humanitarian work. -
Q&A with photojournalist Howard Davies: Documenting the displaced in northern France
14 Aug 2009 Seven years after a similar settlement closed, a photographer returns to a camp in northern France created by migrants and asylum seekers. -
Hard times lure Afghans to Iran, deter some refugees from returning
11 Aug 2009 Every year, hundreds of thousands of Afghans head to Iran in search of work, saying their strife-torn country cannot provide enough suitable jobs. -
UNHCR distributes aid to Afghan refugees affected by conflict in Pakistan
29 Jul 2009 UNHCR distributes aid to some 600 Afghan refugees who found shelter in the Peshawar area after fleeing the recent conflict in north-west Pakistan. -
UNHCR condemns killing of veteran Pakistani staff member
16 Jul 2009 UNHCR condemns the killings of a veteran staff member in Pakistan and a Russian human rights activist working in Chechnya for a UNHCR partner. -
Urban refugees bowled over by sporting chance in China
15 Jul 2009 A game of cricket on a school campus in Beijing gives a group of refugees from Pakistan a welcome respite from their drab daily routine in China. -
Pakistanis head home as government repatriation operation begins
14 Jul 2009 Some 900 displaced Pakistani civilians return to their homes in the North West Frontier Province under the government's voluntary repatriation programme.