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Jolie, Powell launch World Refugee Day celebrations in Washington, D.C.
18 Jun 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and US Secretary of State Colin Powell have launched a series of performances in the US capital to celebrate the strength and spirit of refugees. -
Jolie discusses unaccompanied children with US senior officials
27 May 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has met with senior government officials in the American capital as a follow-up to her recent visit to unaccompanied children of asylum seekers in the United States. -
Goodwill Ambassador Jolie visits detained children in Arizona
29 Apr 2004 Unaccompanied children should be given access to legal representation and guardians while in detention, said UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie during a visit to three detention centres for asylum seekers in Arizona. -
Afghan refugee family halted by 9/11 finally heads to new life in USA
11 Feb 2004 The flight that refugee Afghan refugee Sadiq Mir and his family were scheduled to take on 11 Sept., 2001 has finally taken off, carrying them to a new life in the United States. -
Somali Bantus leave for America with hope for a new life
22 May 2003 The first groups of Somali Bantu refugees have left Kenya for a new life in the United States. In all, some 11,800 of them will take part in one of the biggest resettlement operations to take place out of Africa. -
UNHCR moves closer to asylum seekers in southern Mexico
6 May 2003 The UN refugee agency has relocated its office in Chiapas state, moving closer to a busy border crossing point with Guatemala, where it will be in a better position to assist asylum seekers in the south. -
UNHCR concerned about US detention of asylum seekers
21 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency has voiced concerns about "Operation Liberty Shield", a new US policy which calls for the mandatory detention of asylum seekers arriving in the US from over 30 classified countries and territories. -
Feature: Stranded in Pakistan after the September 11 attacks
12 Sep 2002 One year after they were scheduled to fly to New York after getting accepted for resettlement in the United States, some 80 Afghan refugees are still stuck in Pakistan. They cannot go back to Afghanistan for fear of persecution even after the fall of the Taliban regime. -
Feature: Proposed US-Canada accord sparks debate
3 Sep 2002 The UN refugee agency raises some questions over a bilateral "safe third country" agreement that would require claimants to seek asylum in the first of the two countries they reach. The proposed deal, says UNHCR, could encourage people-smuggling, or cause a backlog of applicants waiting at the border for a decision.