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"Hello Sweden - to feel home in a new country"
8 Jul 2014 Sweden gives a warm welcome to UNHCR refugee awareness project -
Red Sea tragedy leaves 62 people dead in deadliest crossing of the year
6 Jun 2014 UNHCR has documented the arrival of 16,500 refugees and migrants on the Yemeni coast in the first four months of 2014, significantly less than the 35,000 in the same period last year. -
A Syrian boy who risked his life to cross the sea
17 Apr 2014 Mahmoud was so desperate to make friends and attend school that he risked his life at sea. Captured and sent back to Egypt, the young refugee from Syria is now making a fresh start in Sweden. -
More than 40 missing and feared drowned in latest Gulf of Aden boat tragedy
11 Mar 2014 The boat was reportedly carrying 77 men, women and children from Somalia and Ethiopia when it sank. Thirty-three people were rescued. -
LEGO Foundation donates US$3 million to build a future for refugee children
24 Jan 2014 The donation will fund UNHCR education programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Yemen. -
Yemen meet agrees on regional cooperation to tackle asylum and irregular migration
13 Nov 2013 The irregular migration flows across the sea to Yemen, and the maritime disasters that often ensue, drive home the urgent need for increased international action to avert such incidents. -
More than 62,000 people, mostly Ethiopians, risk lives to cross Gulf of Aden this year
8 Nov 2013 In total, since 2006 when UNHCR began collecting data, more than half-a-million asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have travelled by sea to Yemen. -
UNHCR warns of further boat tragedy risk on Mediterranean
11 Oct 2013 UNHCR warns that without a comprehensive response to last week's Lampedusa boat tragedy, further disasters are inevitable. -
UNHCR urges Italy to improve facilities on Lampedusa as boat tragedy death toll rises
9 Oct 2013 A total 156 people survived the sinking and 297 bodies have been recovered to date from the sea and the shipwreck, including many children. More are likely.