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More than 3,000 Congolese flee insecurity, suffering in North Kivu
9 Mar 2012 UNHCR is concerned more people will be forced to flee if the insecurity and clashes continue in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR wraps up one of world's biggest IDP operations in Uganda
6 Jan 2012 The UN refugee agency has closed its office in northern Uganda after more than 1.8 million displaced people returned home in five years. -
From captive to budding entrepreneur with a boost from UNHCR
13 Oct 2011 An indomitable Congolese teenager survives Lord's Resistance Army atrocities and, after counselling, dreams of a future as a business owner. -
Young Eritreans in Ethiopia face future in limbo
21 Jul 2011 Youth fleeing military service in Eritrea are growing frustrated with camp life in Ethiopia and are looking to be smuggled into other countries. -
Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium
20 Jul 2011 After years on the road, Filmon, his wife and twins have been resettled to Belgium from Choucha camp near the Tunisia-Libya border. -
UNHCR chief returns to Tunisia to meet refugees from Libya
17 Jun 2011 Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNHCR chief António Guterres returns to Tunisia to remind the world of its generosity in hosting refugees from Libya. -
Detained Eritrean deserters leave Yemen for a new life in Sweden
1 Jun 2011 Sweden has accepted 55 Eritreans who fled military service back home and were detained in Yemen until they were found to be in need of international protection. -
UNHCR urges more international support to ease tensions at Tunisia border camp
27 May 2011 Recent disturbances at Choucha camp point to the urgent need to find separate solutions for migrant workers and refugees fleeing the Libya conflict. -
Eritrean refugees arrive in Romanian emergency transit centre from Tunisia
20 Apr 2011 A first group of 30 Eritrean refugees arrive at a special centre in Romania ahead of resettlement. They spent weeks in Tunisia after fleeing Libya.