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UNHCR voices concern about developments at border of FYR Macedonia and Greece
21 Aug 2015 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres receives assurances that the border will not be closed in the future. -
Athens accommodation site opens for new arrivals in Greece
20 Aug 2015 New centre provides shelter and basic services to people who recently arrived in Greece. -
UNHCR to help Libya improve response to boats in distress off its coast
18 Aug 2015 Initiative follows several recent lethal shipwrecks in which dozens of refugees have drowned. -
Numbers of refugee arrivals to Greece increase dramatically
18 Aug 2015 UNHCR figures show more refugees and migrants arrived in Greece during the month of July than during the whole of last year. -
Number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece soars 750 per cent over 2014
7 Aug 2015 UNHCR reports 50,000 new arrivals in July alone and calls for urgent action to deal with deepening refugee crisis. -
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. -
Italian authorities confirm the deaths of 14 people on board a boat carrying hundreds of refugees
29 Jul 2015 According to officials, 456 people are known to have survived and were rescued during an operation conducted by an Irish naval patrol. -
An average of 1,000 refugees now arriving on Greek islands every day
10 Jul 2015 UNHCR warns of growing asylum crisis in Greece and the Western Balkans as numbers fleeing war and persecution climb still higher. -
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.