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Guor Marial: the refugee marathon man running for the world
14 Aug 2012 Separated from his family in Sudan by a murderous attack at age eight, this refugee ran in London under the Olympic flag -
The relevance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 300 years after his birth
28 Jun 2012 The life and work of the son of French refugees remain highly relevant to the work of UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations based in his birthplace. -
Boat tragedy off Indian Ocean island highlights dangers of irregular migration
22 May 2012 Twenty people died or are missing after a small motorized boat sank off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Nineteen people were rescued. -
Donors pledge more than 300 million euros to help refugees in Balkans
25 Apr 2012 A new programme will provide homes for some 74,000 people displaced in the Balkans during the conflict of the 1990s. The EU pledged 230 million euros. -
Award-winning film exposes the drama of mixed migration in the Mediterranean
15 Feb 2012 A special screening in France of an award-winning film highlights the conflict between traditional values and the combat against irregular immigration. -
Statelessness: Citizenship hopes draw closer for Roma asylum-seeker
5 Dec 2011 Asylum-seeker Muqishta Nuqi never gave up in his determination to become a Bosnian citizen, like his parents and siblings, and his persistence is paying off. -
An unexpected meeting with Angelina Jolie brings joy a year later
15 Nov 2011 Thirteen people, including septuagenarian sisters Lena and Mara, move into a US-funded apartment block in Bosnia a year after a visit by Jolie. -
UNHCR welcomes latest regional effort to end refugee displacement in Balkans
8 Nov 2011 Ministers of four countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia support new regional progamme to end the suffering of more than 70,000 refugees. -
Hope wins out as Somali refugee heads to Salt Lake City for a new life
9 Sep 2011 Aden and his family leave northern Kenya today for a new life in the United States. Some 10,000 Somalis at Dadaab have been accepted for resettlement.