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US journalism students create website to record visits to refugee camps
17 Dec 2010 Journalism students from the US have been visiting UNHCR-run refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East and recording the experience on a new website. -
UNHCR welcomes breakthrough Mexico legislation on protection
10 Dec 2010 UNHCR chief António Guterres welcomes the Mexican Senate's approval of a landmark law on refugees, saying it would have a significant impact. -
Q&A: Former Bosnian refugee promotes technology to bring hope to the displaced
24 Nov 2010 Leila Toplic fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina when she was 18. Today, she works in Paris for Microsoft while also helping to raise awareness about refugees. -
Africans and Asians attracted to Latin America as a migration route
10 Nov 2010 A meeting in Brazil will discuss mixed migratory movements in the Americas, including the growing numbers of Asian and African refugees in these flows. -
For resettled refugees in Baltimore, many needs, one destination
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UNHCR mourns death of an architect of the 1951 Refugee Convention
19 Oct 2010 The UN refugee agency pays tribute to an architect of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, American legal scholar Louis Henkin, who died last week aged 92. -
Q&A: US State Department Bureau aids the displaced while promoting humanitarian policies
13 Sep 2010 For the past year, Eric Schwartz has headed the US State Department bureau that deals with refugees. He discusses his experiences and US policy. -
UNHCR rings the NASDAQ bell to raise awareness about Pakistan floods
7 Sep 2010 UNHCR helps raise visibility in the financial world about Pakistan's flood victims by taking part in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony in New York. -
UNHCR looks to legislation to resolve statelessness in the United States
9 Jun 2010 UNHCR and Refugees International launch a campaign to bring greater attention to statelessness in the United States and to push for legislation on the issue.