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UNHCR airlift of emergency aid arrives in Pakistan as number of displaced passes 500,000
12 May 2009 The number of registered, displaced people uprooted by the conflict in Pakistan surpassed 500,000 as a UNHCR-chartered cargo jet delivered 120 tonnes of aid. -
UNHCR chief urges support for displaced Pakistanis; launches airlift
11 May 2009 UNHCR chief António Guterres calls for international solidarity in support of more than 360,000 displaced Pakistani civilians and announces a UNHCR airlift of aid. -
Hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting in Pakistan highlands
8 May 2009 UNHCR says there is a situation of "massive displacement" in north-west Pakistan, as fighting between the armed forces and militants spreads. -
UNHCR deeply concerned about safety of tens of thousands of displaced civilians and refugees in Pakistan
6 May 2009 UNHCR chief Guterres expresses deep concern about displaced civilians and refugees in Pakistan as his agency prepares to step up aid to the affected region. -
UNHCR begins to register displaced Pakistanis in urban centres
21 Apr 2009 UNHCR begins to register tens of thousands of people who fled fighting in Pakistan's rugged north and sought shelter in urban centres. -
Hundreds of indigenous Embera people flee from armed group in Colombia
10 Apr 2009 More than 2,000 indigenous Embera people flee their territory in the jungles of north-west Colombia since the arrival of a newly formed irregular armed group. -
UNHCR staff celebrate release of John Solecki, mourn slain colleague
6 Apr 2009 UNHCR staff worldwide welcome the safe release at the weekend of John Solecki, the refugee agency's head of office in Quetta, Pakistan. -
UNHCR's John Solecki freed and on his way home
5 Apr 2009 John Solecki, the head of UNHCR's office in Quetta, Pakistan, was released after two months of captivity and will soon be reunited with his family in the United States. -
Large-scale refugee registration project starts in Ecuador
27 Mar 2009 UNHCR and government officials launch a large-scale refugee registration programme on an island off the northern coast of Ecuador.