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Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - The inside story
1 Sep 1996 Life in a refugee camp. The images of sprawling, smoke-filled tent cities are familiar enough to anyone who watches the nightly television news. But the reality of life in such a place - day after day, year after year - is almost unimaginable for most of us. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Faces of Hartisheik
1 Sep 1996 Once one of the world's largest, the Somali refugee camp at Hartisheik has fallen on hard times. When the television cameras move on to other emergencies, UNHCR and the refugees remain, out of sight, out of mind. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Shelter: No place like home
1 Sep 1996 Shelter is one of the basics in any refugee situation, and its provision can be a matter of life and death. UNHCR attempts to ensure that housing is suitable to local conditions and traditions. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Feeding the hungry
1 Sep 1996 The World Food Programme provides the food needs in UNHCR's camps worldwide. The two agencies agree on food baskets for refugees, which vary from country to country. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 104 (UNHCR's World) - Russian Federation: A Vladivostok weekend
1 Jun 1996 Moscow-based Protection Officer Isabelle Mihoubi describes a very long but rewarding weekend in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 104 (UNHCR's World) - Liberia: Madness in Monrovia
1 Jun 1996 In the midst of murderous anarchy, UNHCR Deputy Representative Musa Abiriga leads a mission to rescue 75 children. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 104 (UNHCR's World) - Bosnia-Herzegovina: Breaking down the barriers
1 Jun 1996 Protection Officer Anna Nylander spends long days trying to negotiate exchange visits aimed at mending Bosnia's tattered multi-ethnic fabric. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 104 (UNHCR's World) - Afghanistan: Life among the ruins
1 Jun 1996 Life and work among the ruins of war-ravaged Kabul is stressful but rewarding, according to Officer-in-Charge Terry Pitzner. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 104 (UNHCR's World) - Slovakia: Slow bus to Bosnia
1 Jun 1996 Mária Cierna, a Bratislava-based UNHCR Public Information Officer, gets her first taste of field work escorting refugees back to Bosnia.