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UNHCR seeks US$145 million to help tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees
10 Feb 2012 The UN refugee agency calls for an additional US$145 million to help up to 185,000 Sudanese refugees sheltering in Ethiopia and South Sudan. -
More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011
31 Jan 2012 UNHCR figures also show that a record 58,000 irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees managed to make it to Europe by sea last year. -
From oil to toil, Thai worker leaves Ethiopia camp with UNHCR help
12 Dec 2011 When Thai citizen Buntha Mkewyu started working for an oil company in Sudan, the last thing he expected was to flee conflict and land in a refugee camp. -
Thousands of Sudanese refugees increasingly at risk from fighting
9 Dec 2011 UNHCR worries about some 20,000 refugees in South Sudan who are increasingly at risk as fighting rages near the border with Sudan. -
From "Yes we can" to "Not again," two-time refugee loses hope amid Sudan fighting
15 Nov 2011 Five years ago, Santino Samuel John returned from Ethiopia to Sudan with high hopes after the civil war. Now he's back in exile, longing for his family to join him. -
Some 2,000 Sudanese refugees flee bombing raids in Blue Nile state
28 Oct 2011 The new arrivals are mostly women, children and the elderly who fled bombing and fear of bombing in areas located between Kurmuk and the Blue Nile capital. -
UNHCR moves Sudanese refugees away from volatile border area
20 Oct 2011 UNHCR starts moving some 600 Sudanese refugees away from border areas amid fears that fighting inside Sudan could spill across the border into Ethiopia. -
UNHCR faces challenges helping Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia
11 Oct 2011 Beyond the sheer logistics of establishing camps and transit centres and providing shelter and basic aid, there are other major challenges. -
UNHCR opens camp in western Ethiopia for Blue Nile state refugees
7 Oct 2011 A convoy of buses brought a first group of almost 400 Sudanese refugees to Tongo camp, which has a capacity for 3,000 people.