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More than 6,000 forcibly displaced Congolese receive food aid
26 Nov 2012 Food was distributed to 2,055 families, or 6,165 people. It included cornflour, peas, vegetable oil and salt. People were also given soap and jerry cans. -
UNHCR airlifts 3,500 tents for forcibly displaced in Myanmar
23 Nov 2012 The tents were sent from Dubai for victims of recent violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state. They will be sufficient to provide shelter for 17,500 people. -
UNHCR tackles problem of shelter in Yemen refugee camp
19 Nov 2012 After four years living in a tent, Faduma and her children are among the families who have moved into 300 newly built houses -
Reaching out bring results for UNHCR in Malawi refugee camp
8 Nov 2012 Since February, multifunctional UNHCR-led teams have been paying weekly visits to different zones of Dzaleka camp, finding out need and problems. -
UNHCR helps resolve land issues in Sri Lanka's north
6 Nov 2012 New challenges involving land and property are emerging in Sri Lanka as hundreds of thousands of displaced people return home. -
Surviving in Niamey: Malian refugees struggle to get by in the big city
1 Nov 2012 There are some 6,000 urban refugees in the Niger capital, Niamey. UNHCR hopes that a registration exercise will help the agency pinpoint their needs. -
Soprano Barbara Hendricks marks 25 years of service to UNHCR
31 Oct 2012 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and staff pay tribute to acclaimed soprano Barbara Hendricks for her quarter-of-a-century of service to UNHCR and the cause of refugees worldwide. -
UNHCR distributes biometric ID cards to refugees in Senegal
22 Oct 2012 UNHCR and the Senegalese government recently launched a campaign to provide biometric ID cards to some 19,000 refugees by year's end. -
UNHCR steps up winter preparations for tens of thousands of Syrians
12 Oct 2012 UNHCR budgets US$64 million to help tens of thousands of Syrian internally displaced and refugees across the region survive the winter months.