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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. -
UNHCR draws road map to help people out of Calais "jungle"
17 Jul 2009 Hundreds of migrants and asylum-seekers are living rough on the edge of the French port of Calais. The UN refugee agency has drawn up a road map to help find a solution for some of them. -
France gives red carpet welcome to refugees relocated from Malta
10 Jul 2009 A group of refugees and people in need of international protection are warmly received in Paris after France agreed to their relocation from Malta. -
UNHCR returns to Calais to provide migrants, refugees with information
17 Jun 2009 UNHCR staff are visiting Calais on a weekly basis to visit migrants and refugees and the agency plans to reopen an office in the French port seven years after leaving. -
French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia
4 Jul 2008 A Parisian museum sends hundreds of donated toys to returnee and internally displaced children in Liberia with the help of an aviation charity and UNHCR. -
A refuge for refugee journalists in the heart of France
6 May 2008 The House of Journalists in Paris offers refugee journalists a safe haven and helps them adjust to exile in France after life under threat at home. -
Q&A: Born on the high seas, footballer finds fame in Europe
2 Nov 2007 Antonio Rio Mavuba is a professional football player. His parents arrived in France as refugees in 1984, but Mavuba was only granted French citizenship three years ago. The 23-year-old midfielder, who has been capped several times for France, discusses his experiences as a refugee and sportsman. -
Q&A : Museum shines light on refugee contribution to Reformation
8 Jun 2007 French theologian Isabelle Graesslé is the director of Geneva's International Museum of the Reformation, which recently was named the museum of the year by the Council of Europe. Graesslé talked about the museum, Protestant refugees and Geneva's key role in the Reformation. -
UNHCR seeks support of Portuguese in Switzerland for Angola projects
22 Nov 2006 High Commissioner António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal, addressed representatives of Switzerland's 167,000-strong Portuguese community in an event designed to raise awareness of UNHCR's work around the world and raise funds for two projects in Angola.