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Greek volunteers receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
3 Oct 2016 Joint winners the Hellenic Rescue Team and Efi Latsoudi of PIKPA village on Lesvos presented with humanitarian award at ceremony in Geneva. -
Talk, or the water will break your heart
23 Sep 2016 Volunteers for 2016 Nansen Refugee Award winners Hellenic Rescue Team share their experience of a traumatic year. -
Over 300,000 refugees and migrants cross Med so far in 2016
20 Sep 2016 Numbers crossing sea to Europe in first nine months of 2016 are down on last year, but higher than whole of 2014. -
Displaced Syrian swimmer makes a splash at 2016 Paralympic Games
12 Sep 2016 While Ibrahim Al-Hussein did not make it through to the final of the 100 metre freestyle, competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games was a "dream come true." -
Displaced athletes to make historic debut at Paralympic Games in Rio
26 Aug 2016 For the first time, a team of refugee athletes with disabilities will compete on the world stage. -
UNHCR chief says Greece needs EU help to manage its refugee crisis
24 Aug 2016 Filippo Grandi says the Government continues to face serious challenges, particularly if EU countries do not step up relocation and family reunion programmes. -
Hundreds suffer at Hungary-Serbia border
21 Jul 2016 Hundreds of people who fled persecution at home are now living in dire conditions at a makeshift camp near Röszke on the Hungary-Serbia border. -
Refugees transform walls into works of art
19 Jul 2016 Project piloted by UNHCR and the Government of Iran has cleaned up a neighbourhood in one of Iran's poorest refugee communities. -
UNHCR concerned Hungary pushing asylum seekers back to Serbia
15 Jul 2016 Agency worried by reports of violence and worsening conditions at Hungarian-Serbian border.