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UNHCR welcomes new UK effort to improve asylum screening
21 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has praised Britain's efforts to improve its asylum system and said the country was at the forefront of efforts to protect victims of persecution and war. -
Reaching out with drama to challenge negative perceptions about refugees
8 Jan 2007 Refugees and asylum seekers get a bad press in some sections of the UK media, but one advocacy group is using drama in a bid to counter negative public perceptions about these foreign guests. -
A decade on the run: Rwandan refugees' life mirrors the tumult of Africa's Great Lakes
26 Oct 2006 A Rwandan family's remarkable trek through the vast Congo reflects the genocide, numerous wars and other tragedies that have afflicted Africa's Great Lakes region over the past 12 years. Finally, for this family at least, there's the prospect of a happy ending. -
UNHCR auctions ball signed by England team to raise funds for refugees
28 Jun 2006 The UN refugee agency is auctioning a football signed by England World Cup stars such as David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand. The ball, one of two donated by UNHCR goodwill ambassador Giorgio Armani, is on offer on eBay until July 4. -
No, they're not magic, but mushrooms help refugees in Rwanda
13 Jun 2006 HIV-positive Congolese refugees and their friends and families are improving their diets and their incomes with an innovative project that grows mushrooms in a crowded refugee camp in Rwanda. -
Thousands of Swedish teenagers collect money for refugee schools in Rwanda
10 May 2006 Some 80,000 teenagers from some 250 high schools in Sweden participated in a campaign to collect money for the education of Congolese refugee children in Rwanda. The event, dubbed "Operation A Day's Work", was organised by the Swedish Student Organisation. -
Rwandan cooperative shows reconciliation needed to draw refugees home
8 Feb 2006 A coffee cooperative linking both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide is an example of the reconciliation that UNHCR hopes can draw refugees home, a vital part of creating peace and stability in the region. -
Refugee return is the spark of hope in the Great Lakes
6 Jan 2006 The Democratic Republic of the Congo is currently at the centre of various refugee return movements. Congolese refugees are returning home to eastern DRC from Tanzania, while Rwandan refugees are going back home to Rwanda after spending years in the forests of the Kivu provinces. And, those are just the major repatriation operations. -
Teenagers celebrate New Year in Burundi after returning home from Rwanda
3 Jan 2006 Two teenage Burundian refugees are celebrating the New Year back home in Burundi with their families after returning from half a year unaccompanied in exile in Rwanda.