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Displaced Colombian teacher graduates from classroom to guinea pig farm
24 May 2007 Teachers in Colombia often face great risks in the exercise of their profession, especially when they work in remote parts of the country where the conflict is at its worst. Many are forced to flee to save their lives. -
Words of support for UNHCR as Kite Runner author publishes new novel
22 May 2007 Acclaimed author Khaled Hosseini has praised the UN refugee agency in his second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. His first novel, The Kite Runner, has had a powerful impact on raising awareness about Afghan refugees. -
Pakistani Minister Rind hands UNHCR cheque for Afghan repatriation
9 May 2007 Pakistan's Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind on Wednesday presented High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres with a cheque worth the equivalent of US$5 million to help Afghan refugees return to their country. -
Sports tournament breaks down barriers in northern Ecuador
9 May 2007 The Ecuadorian town of Lago Agrio was the setting recently of a sports tournament aimed at breaking down barriers and promoting refugee integration in an area where many Colombians have sought shelter. UNHCR and the International Olympic Committee sponsored the event. -
Registration report offers insight into Afghans in Pakistan
3 May 2007 The Pakistan government and UNHCR have released a report based on a recently-concluded registration of Afghan citizens in Pakistan. The findings shed light on the demographic profile of the population, their needs and plans for the future. -
Colombian town slowly returns to normal five years after massacre
2 May 2007 Survivors of one of the single deadliest attacks in Colombia's decades-long armed conflict are still trying to come to terms with the bloodshed that devastated the town of Bojayá five years ago. And the threat of violence remains. -
Afghan returnees still in limbo after two harsh winters
23 Apr 2007 Two winters after their camps were closed in Pakistan's restive tribal areas, thousands of Afghan returnees in south-eastern Afghanistan have been allocated land in a township in Paktya. However, many others are still sleeping in the open while thousands more are living with host families as they wait for land. -
A Colombian town doubles in size as thousands flee fighting
20 Apr 2007 At the mouth of the Tapaje River in Colombia's Pacific Coast region, the small port city of El Charco is struggling to cope with one of the biggest mass displacement crises to affect the country in recent years. -
UNHCR helps more than 200,000 unregistered Afghans return home as deadline passes
16 Apr 2007 A grace period for unregistered Afghans to return home from Pakistan ended at the weekend with more than 200,000 Afghans recorded as having repatriated with UNHCR assistance.