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Love of family, country draw first refugees back to Somalia from Kenya
9 Dec 2013 Next January, UNHCR will begin assisting Somali refugees who want to return from Kenya on their own. One young mother tells what's pulling her home. -
UNHCR stresses that repatriation of Somalis from Kenya must be voluntary
26 Nov 2013 The understanding was reaffirmed when Kenyan and Somali refugee commissioners visited Dadaab refugee camp-complex to discuss the repatriation process. -
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. -
Enthusiastic turnout for elections at world's largest refugee site
28 Aug 2013 At the sprawling Dadaab complex in Kenya, tens of thousands of refugees are taking part in a four-day exercise to elect a new leadership. -
More than 46,000 people cross Gulf of Aden in first six months of the year
6 Aug 2013 UNHCR concerned by growing number of people risking their lives to reach Yemen by boat after high number of sea crossings from Africa. -
UNHCR chief praises Ethiopia for open borders, refugee protection
12 Jul 2013 High Commissioner António Guterres met Ethiopian leaders during the final leg of a tour of the region to promote solutions for Somali refugees. -
Together At Last: Abdi's nine-year journey to find his family
25 Jun 2013 Abdi was born in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, where his Somali parents grew up, met and married. But in 2004, when the family left for resettlement, he was left behind. -
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia get new camp in north of country
13 Jun 2013 To relieve pressure on three existing camps, UNHCR opens Hitsats Camp that can eventually house up to 20,000 refugees. -
More than 30,000 refugees and migrants make risky sea crossing to Yemen this year
26 Apr 2013 Most of this year's arrivals were Ethiopian nationals, with the rest coming from Somalia and a very small number from other African countries.