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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 -
UNHCR condemns attack on displaced in western Chad, pledges more help
13 Oct 2015 UNHCR deplores the violence and mourns the loss of life caused by suicide attacks at the weekend in the western Chad town of Baga Sola -
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. -
Lake Chad: new violence, new displacement
24 Sep 2015 Nigerian crisis makes lake epicentre of violence and suffering for bordering countries -
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. -
Love at First Flight: A Nigerian refugee finds shelter and a wife in Chad
3 Mar 2015 Moussa set off to visit family in the northern Nigerian town of Baga. He ended up fleeing for his life, seeking shelter in neighbouring Chad and finding a young wife. -
As violence spreads beyond Nigeria, UNHCR calls for urgent access to the displaced
13 Feb 2015 The UN refugee agency seeks urgent humanitarian access to refugees and internally displaced people in neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and Niger. -
More than 7,000 flee to western Chad to escape attacks on key town in Nigeria
9 Jan 2015 UNHCR teams in Chad are at the border and seeking information on the new arrivals and their needs. The newly arrived are staying with local communities.