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UNHCR chief visits Somalia, Djibouti to highlight plight of the displaced
7 Dec 2010 UNHCR chief António Guterres visits Djibouti and northern Somalia to raise awareness about the displaced and those who risk their lives to cross to Yemen. -
Neighbouring countries feeling the strain as Somalia's emergency grows
3 May 2010 A high-level UNHCR delegation to the Horn of Africa sees for itself evidence that Somalia's humanitarian emergency is intensifying. -
Djibouti : refugees grasp security in their hands with new ID cards
25 Aug 2009 A UNHCR program to issue plastic ID cards to some 10,000 refugees in Djibouti should enhance their protection and rights. -
UNHCR launches last phase of Somali repatriation from Djibouti
20 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday began the final phase of its voluntary repatriation programme to help some 1,800 refugees return home to Somaliland from neighbouring Djibouti by the end of the year. -
Danish ship rescues 39 people adrift in Gulf of Aden
9 Sep 2005 A dramatic rescue at sea in which a Danish ship picked up 39 people shipwrecked in the Gulf of Aden has ended in Djibouti, where the weak and traumatised survivors are now getting help. One man died despite the medical care he had received on board. -
UNHCR calls for access to three Ethiopian defectors in Djibouti
15 Jul 2005 Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane has urged the Djibouti government for access to three Ethiopian airmen whose fate is unknown after they reportedly defected to Djibouti in early June. There are fears they have already been forcibly returned to Ethiopia. -
Feature: Home for Ramadan after a decade in exile
6 Oct 2004 Dekka Hassan Hade and her family today joined the last UNHCR convoy to leave Djibouti for Somaliland before the start of the Islamic holy month next week. They are among this year's 7,400 returnees who are eager to embrace the peace and opportunities back home. -
Refugees arrive back in Somalia as agencies seek fresh aid
1 Mar 2004 Refugees are leaving Djibouti's remote camps and going back to Somalia on UNHCR's repatriation convoys. Meanwhile, UN organisations and partner agencies have launched a $111 million appeal for programmes to aid Somalia, including more than $5.7 million for the refugee agency. -
Commissions to assess asylum claims in Djibouti, as new deadline nears
12 Sep 2003 As a new deadline looms for illegal immigrants to leave Djibouti, UNHCR will start training government officials to sit on eligibility commissions that will determine who, among the thousands of people who thronged a UNHCR transit centre when the first deadline expired, is entitled to refugee status.