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Q&A: Brazil's Justice Minister committed to helping the displaced and stateless
9 Nov 2010 Justice Minister Luiz Paulo Barreto will be hosting an important regional meeting on refugees this week. He talks about the gathering, Brazil's asylum policies and UNHCR. -
Education eases the integration of refugees in north-east Brazil
15 Jul 2010 A UNHCR-supported education programme helps young refugees and their parents integrate into society in a north-eastern Brazilian state. -
Football match puts spotlight on Haitians in the Brazilian Amazon
2 Jun 2010 Haitians get a warm welcome and a helping hand at a football match in north-west Brazil's Amazonas region after leaving their homeland following January's quake. -
Homesick urban refugees use the internet to integrate and keep in touch
8 Feb 2010 It's a long way from home for African refugees and asylum-seekers in Brazil. But the internet helps them keep in touch with family, make friends and integrate. -
UNHCR uses food to boost class attendance in camps for Angolans
19 Nov 2009 UNHCR embarks on a school feeding programme to increase class attendance and reduce malnutrition at two settlements for Angolan refugees in Zambia. -
UNHCR airlifts emergency relief items for expelled refugees in Angola
3 Nov 2009 UNHCR airlifts aid items from South Africa to Angola to help tens of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Some 30,000 expelled Angolans in "dire" need of assistance
20 Oct 2009 Tens of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. They include refugees. -
A lifetime of uncertainty: decades in Zambia but still refugees
15 Jul 2009 UNHCR in Zambia is pursuing a twin-track approach, helping refugees wanting to return to Angola, but also seeking a solution for the substantial numbers who remain. -
Survey shows few Angolan refugees wish to repatriate to Angola
25 Mar 2009 A survey by UNHCR and the Zambian government finds only 251 out of some 10,000 Angolan refugees in Mayukwayukwa Refugee Settlement were interested in repatriating this year despite an information campaign.