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UK. World renowned footballer and UNHCR and Vodafone Foundation Ambassador for Instant Network Schools (INS), Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah to call for connected, quality education for refugee children, at UN General Assembly

22 September 2020

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Central African Republic. Life inside PK3 site for Internally Displaced Persons

Critical underfunding exacerbated by COVID-19 pushing displaced people to the edge

18 September 2020

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Syria. UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits families returning to their homes in Zamalka, East Ghouta

Grandi concludes Syria visit with pledge to maintain assistance to the most vulnerable

18 September 2020

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Jordan. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi's visit

UN refugee chief concludes Jordan visit with call for solidarity amid COVID crisis

15 September 2020

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UNHCR alarmed by refugee killings in Northern Uganda, calls for investigation

14 September 2020

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UNHCR and Religions for Peace form Multi-Religious Council of Leaders to tackle global displacement challenges

14 September 2020

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Fire damage at the Registration and Identification Center at Moria camp, Lesvos, Greece.

UNHCR offers support as large fire destroys asylum center in Moria

9 September 2020

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Malta. Migrants sit in a boat alongside the Maersk Etienne tanker

ICS, UNHCR and IOM call on States to end humanitarian crisis onboard ship in the Mediterranean

7 September 2020

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UNHCR welcomes the life-saving disembarkation of 300 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia

7 September 2020

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An Aghan refugee family walks through an informal camp outside the Moria Reception and Identification centre on the island of Lesbos, September 1, 2020.

UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioners visit Greece, discuss refugee protection challenges and urge more support

4 September 2020

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Côte d'Ivoire. UNHCR supporting an organisation campaigning against statelessness

Côte d'Ivoire adopts Africa's first legal process to identify and protect stateless people

4 September 2020

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Iran. Afghan refugee sisters go to school for the first time

UNHCR Report: Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education – half of the world's refugee children out of school.

3 September 2020

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High Commissioner Filippo Grandi during an interview on the border between Moldova and Ukraine