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Refugees in South African city tell UNHCR they need help
7 Nov 2007 New consultations with the local refugee community in Port Elizabeth have alerted UNHCR to the need for a local partner that can provide vital services. -
Refugee religious leaders review HIV-AIDS approach
6 Nov 2007 Refugee religious leaders have an enormous amount of influence among their communities in South Africa and UNHCR believes they can play an increasingly important role in tackling HIV and AIDS. -
Determined Zimbabweans flow into South Africa
9 Oct 2007 Each night hundreds of Zimbabweans attempt to slip into South Africa, a flow that presents major challenges both to the South African government and the UN refugee agency. -
UNHCR chief commends Pretoria's refugee policy, pledges cooperation
24 Aug 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday paid tribute to the South African government for its progressive policy on refugees and asylum seekers, including a commitment to ease access to basic services. -
South Africa takes practical steps to combat xenophobia
2 Aug 2007 A series of xenophobic attacks on refugees has sufficiently alarmed South Africa's leaders that they are now looking for ways to move beyond verbal calls for tolerance to finding ways to promote integration and co-existence. -
UNHCR helps Congolese refugees return from Mozambique
12 Jun 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun an airlift to repatriate refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Mozambique. A total 112 refugees were flown on Monday and Tuesday to Kigoma in Tanzania, where they will board a boat and cross Lake Tanganyika to DRC. -
Child refugees book competes for top South African award
8 Jun 2007 A year after 'The Suitcase Stories' was launched to coincide with World Refugee Day, the book in which refugee children described their lives before and after arriving in South Africa is on the shortlist for South Africa's top non-fiction award. -
Inner city evictions leave Johannesburg refugees and asylum seekers homeless
11 Apr 2007 Johannesburg's inner city regeneration programme has led to the eviction of more than 100 refugees and asylum seekers. Some fear a flurry of evictions in coming months could see 70,000 people, including refugees and asylum seekers, expelled from 235 buildings. -
UNHCR helps prepare new guidelines for HIV treatment in southern Africa
3 Apr 2007 The UN refugee agency has jointly developed guidelines for managing antiretroviral therapy for displaced populations in southern Africa. The guidelines, initiated with the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, will help health workers in deciding the most appropriate treatment for uprooted populations.