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Return to Somalia: No longer a refugee
7 Aug 2015 Flight takes one hour but for most on board is a journey of a life-time. -
Almost 400 refugees saved after crammed fishing boat sank off Libya
6 Aug 2015 UNHCR says 399 people rescued so far out of an estimated 600 on board vessel trying to cross Mediterranean. Up to 100 now feared dead. -
More than 100 Somali refugees arrive home in Mogadishu from Kenya
5 Aug 2015 Two planes carrying 116 refugees mark start of new chapter in voluntary return process. -
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. -
Numbers of internally displaced in Libya double since September - UNHCR
30 Jun 2015 Increased fighting in Libya since the start of the year has led to a doubling in the number of displaced people in the country to more than 434,000. -
UNHCR chief visits Somali port of Kismayo, meets refugee returnees
12 May 2015 António Guterres says emphasis is not to push people to go back, but to create conditions for sustainable return and reintegration in Somalia. -
UNHCR and partners help sea crossing survivors in Libya detention centres
28 Apr 2015 UNHCR has been able to help some of the 1,242 people picked up in Libyan waters and mostly taken to immigration detention centres since mid-April. -
UNHCR urges Kenyan government rethink on Dadaab closure announcement
14 Apr 2015 UNHCR ready to work even more closely with Kenya to strengthen law enforcement at Dadaab and support other measures to protect refugees and Kenyans alike. -
UNHCR delivers medical aid to hospital in Benghazi
12 Feb 2015 Working with partners on the ground, UNHCR sent medicine and medical supplies to the Benghazi Medical Centre to treat 20,000 people for three months.