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UNHCR-funded welfare centres help the needy in Swat Valley
22 Feb 2010 UNHCR funds the establishment of special welfare centres in north-west Pakistan to help people displaced by fighting to recover from their ordeal. -
In northern Ecuador, mobile teams bring rights to Colombian refugees
18 Feb 2010 A pioneering government project supported by UNHCR is bringing refugee recognition to thousands of Colombians in a remote area of Ecuador -
UNHCR requests US$69 million to help internally displaced Pakistanis
9 Feb 2010 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on donors for an extra US$69 million to help more than 1 million internally displaced people in Pakistan over the next six months. -
Refugee and Costa Rican youth use radio to tackle xenophobia in schools
25 Jan 2010 Many young refugees in Costa Rica say they have encountered intolerance in the country. A UNHCR radio project will help to counter xenophobia in schools. -
You can't grow crops in asphalt: displaced Colombians struggle in the city
11 Jan 2010 Luz Maria grew up in the lush Colombian countryside but was forced to flee with her family when an illegal group moved into the area. Life in the city is very different. -
UNHCR helps South Waziristan's displaced in neighbouring districts
31 Dec 2009 The UN refugee agency helps tens of thousands of displaced Pakistani civilians, each with a harrowing story to tell, in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts. -
After fleeing rural massacre, former tobacco farmer sells coffee in the city
21 Dec 2009 Hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Colombians face a daily struggle to survive in towns and cities, like the sprawling Caribbean port of Cartagena -
Some 3,000 Afghan refugees to leave Islamabad slum for new home
8 Dec 2009 UNHCR helps move some 3,000 Afghan refugees from a slum in Islamabad to an undeveloped plot of land in a green belt on the edge of the capital city. -
High Commissioner Guterres visits India, meets refugees
3 Dec 2009 UNHCR chief Guterres visits India to strengthen his agency’s partnership with the government and to meet refugees and asylum-seekers in New Delhi.