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Q&A: A royal message from Sharjah - together we can do a lot to help
4 Feb 2013 Meet Sheikha Jawaher of Sharjah, who has become a valued supporter of UNHCR and has donated funds to provide health care for Somali refugee women. -
Zambia begins granting Angolan refugees permanent residency
31 Dec 2012 The first recipient of a permit, which open a route to Zambian citizenship, had been a refugee for 33 years -
UNHCR welcomes Brazilian residency for Angolan and Liberian refugees
9 Nov 2012 Brazilian statistics suggest the decision will affect 1,681 Angolan and 271 Liberian refugees, representing almost 40 per cent of the refugee population in Brazil. -
Syria Crisis: UNHCR urges European Union states to honour their asylum system principles
16 Oct 2012 These include ensuring access to territory, access to asylum procedures and harmonized approaches to the adjudication of asylum claims. -
UNHCR's Guterres says global humanitarian crises at levels unmatched in recent history
1 Oct 2012 The High Commissioner gives his opening address at the annual five-day meeting of UNHCR's Executive Committee. -
Protracted refugee situations in Liberia and Angola to finally end
29 Jun 2012 Refugee status ends this weekend for refugees from the two countries, but UNHCR will assist those who have registered to return home. -
The relevance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 300 years after his birth
28 Jun 2012 The life and work of the son of French refugees remain highly relevant to the work of UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations based in his birthplace. -
UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline
8 Jun 2012 Group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the 1965-75 war of independence and the subsequent civil war. -
Q&A: Swiss trumpet blower for the rights of the internally displaced
14 Nov 2011 Academic, humanitarian and lawyer Walter Kälin has spent years protecting the rights of the forcibly uprooted, especially the internally displaced.