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Fire sweeps through Al Tanf camp, injures 28 Palestinian refugees
25 Apr 2007 A fire swept through the Al Tanf refugee camp in no-man's land between Syria and Iraq on Tuesday night, leaving 28 Palestinian refugees injured and seven tents destroyed. UNHCR says the camp is too dangerous and the increasingly desperate refugees need to be moved. -
UNHCR launches media campaign against statelessness in Sri Lanka
26 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency on Monday stepped up its programme against statelessness in Sri Lanka by launching a media campaign to raise public awareness about the country's citizenship laws. -
Sri Lanka government assures UNHCR of full engagement in future moves to return IDPs
16 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency said it had received renewed assurances from the Sri Lankan government that UNHCR will now be fully engaged in any further moves to return internally displaced people. -
UNHCR condemns deadly Iraqi raid on Palestinian area in Baghdad
16 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency said on Friday it was deeply disturbed by a raid conducted by the Iraqi security forces earlier this week in a Palestinian area of Baghdad that left at least one person dead. -
Hope becomes a reality for displaced Sri Lankans in resettlement programme
14 Mar 2007 A UNHCR resettlement programme has found new homes in north-east Sri Lanka for 178 families displaced in 1990 by the conflict between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. -
More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
13 Mar 2007 More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the affected district of Batticaloa. -
UNHCR distributes aid to more than 2,000 host families in Jaffna Peninsula
5 Feb 2007 The UN refugee agency has distributed packages of non-food items to more than 2,000 host families in northern Sri Lanka's Jaffna Peninsula despite interruptions to the relief programme launched last November. -
UNHCR urges help from global community as Palestinians flee Baghdad
24 Jan 2007 The UN refugee agency on Wednesday urged the international community to aid Palestinians living in Iraq after 90 men, women and children fled Baghdad earlier in the day. -
Sri Lanka: Some 5,000 civilians find refuge in Batticaloa after fleeing coastal strip
23 Jan 2007 An estimated 5,000 civilians have found refuge in eastern Sri Lanka's Batticaloa district after fleeing escalated fighting between government forces and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the Vaharai coastal strip.