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Iris scan system provides cash lifeline to Syrian refugees in Jordan
23 Mar 2015 Under a partnership with Cairo Amman Bank, Jordan is the first country in the world to use iris scan technology to enable refugees to access cash grants. -
Fighting and despair triggers rise in numbers fleeing Syria to Jordan
19 Mar 2015 An average of 250 Syrian refugees have crossed the border into Jordan every day this week – a sharp increase compared with recent months. -
Syrian refugee starts pizza delivery service in Za'atari camp
2 Mar 2015 Abu Mahmood makes between 30 and 50 deliveries a day, most often to aid workers at their offices or to refugees in distant parts of the camp. -
Fresh violence displaces almost 50,000 people in Central African Republic
24 Feb 2015 This includes an estimated 30,000 who have fled their homes and found refuge in other parts of the country and more than 19,200 people who have crossed into northern Congo. -
Winter storms bring more hardship to refugees in Jordan's Za'atari camp
9 Jan 2015 Dozens of families in Jordan's largest camp remained camped in emergency shelters after their tents collapsed under the weight of snow. -
As one year ends, Central African refugees make a wish for 2015
8 Jan 2015 Four refugees and two aid workers at a camp in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo tell UNHCR of their hopes and goals for the coming year. -
Refugees caught in heavy snow as storms lash Lebanon and Jordan
7 Jan 2015 Thousands of refugees have been struggling to keep warm and protect their shelters as winter storms bring plummeting temperatures, heavy snow, strong winds and rain. -
Eastern Congo's Beni region rocked by killings, rights abuses and fear
19 Dec 2014 UNHCR calls for humanitarian access to the Beni area of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a deteriorating security and human rights situation. -
Coexisting in Congo: rivals set an example for peace in Katanga village
15 Dec 2014 When a group of Twa people fled fighting with the Luba community, they found shelter in the Luba village of Mukondo, setting an example for peace.