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UNHCR works to improve conditions for hundreds at Egyptian border
22 Mar 2012 The cramped site for refugees at Sallum on the Egypt-Libya border has to be one of the most difficult UNHCR is facing. But a solution is at hand. -
More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011
31 Jan 2012 UNHCR figures also show that a record 58,000 irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees managed to make it to Europe by sea last year. -
Brussels municipality assists homeless Roma asylum-seekers
17 Oct 2011 To alleviate the problem, a municipality in the Brussels region opens an emergency reception centre for Roma asylum-seekers who were living rough. -
UNHCR concerned as sub-Saharan Africans targeted in Libya
26 Aug 2011 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres urges restraint as Libyan rebels round up sub-Saharan Africans suspected of fighting for Gaddafi regime. -
UNHCR chief Guterres calls for safety of third-country nationals in Libya
22 Aug 2011 High Commissioner António Guterres says third-country nationals trapped in Tripoli and other areas must be properly protected from harm. -
UNHCR distributes Ramadan meals to 55,000 Libyan refugees in Tunisia
3 Aug 2011 UNHCR and its partners begin distributing food for more than 55,000 Libyan refugees to eat in the evening during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. -
Young Eritreans in Ethiopia face future in limbo
21 Jul 2011 Youth fleeing military service in Eritrea are growing frustrated with camp life in Ethiopia and are looking to be smuggled into other countries. -
Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium
20 Jul 2011 After years on the road, Filmon, his wife and twins have been resettled to Belgium from Choucha camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. -
Q&A: UNHCR team helps women in eastern Libya
6 Jul 2011 The female-dominated UNHCR team in Benghazi, Libya, works to assist displaced people and address violence against women.