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UNHCR warns of "looming refugee crisis" in the Americas
28 Oct 2015 A new report flags a growing crisis as thousands of women from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico are driven from their homes by unchecked gang violence -
UNHCR provides shelter to Iraqis uprooted by conflict in Anbar
20 Oct 2015 Markazi camp is three kilometres from Bzeibiz bridge over the Euphrates river, the main access point from Anbar to Baghdad province. -
Refugees themselves, Iraqis volunteer to help others reach safety in Germany
12 Oct 2015 Childhood friends from Iraq direct fellow refugees to food, shelter and medical care on Austria's border with Germany -
UNHCR head thanks Greece, frontline islands, for improved response to continuing arrivals
11 Oct 2015 UNHCR chief António Guterres witnesses improved humanitarian response mounted by Greek local authorities and civil society -
Iraqi schools face a desk deficit
30 Sep 2015 Displaced by conflict, many students are struggling to find a place in the classroom. -
For these scouts, "camping" means coming home
29 Sep 2015 Resettled to the United States, a group of Myanmar refugee boys joined the Scout movement, expanded their horizons, and recently returned to visit their relatives in a camp in Thailand. -
Salzburg, taken aback by number of refugees, scrambled to set up reception facilities
28 Sep 2015 Beneath hustle and bustle of Salzburg's main station now lies a streamlined operation which welcomes around 450 refugees per day -
UN refugee agency opens two new camps for displaced Iraqis in Baghdad
25 Sep 2015 Camps, with electricity access, will shelter those who had been staying in unfinished buildings, with the host community or relatives -
Thousands continue to flee wars and cross borders in search for a new life in safety
25 Sep 2015 Thousands continue to flee wars and cross borders in search for a new life in safety