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UNHCR chief issues key guidelines for dealing with Europe’s refugee crisis
GENEVA, Sept 4, (UNHCR)—The head of the UN refugee agency António Guterres, emphasizing the European Union faced a "defining moment", has laid out a set of key guidelines which he says should underpin all efforts to resolve the current refugee and migration crisis...
Crossings of Mediterranean Sea exceed 300,000, including 200,000 to Greece
GENEVA, Aug 28 (UNHCR) – More than 300,000 refugees and migrants have used the dangerous sea route across the Mediterranean so far this year with almost 200,000 of them landing in Greece and a further 110,000 in Italy. The UN refugee agency, revealing the latest...
UNHCR assists refugees at Greece-FYR Macedonia border, where calm is returning
GENEVA, Aug 24 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has been helping refugees and migrants amid chaotic scenes in the past few days at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as thousands of people tried to cross into FYR Macedonia. The...
UNHCR voices concern about developments at border of FYR Macedonia and Greece
GENEVA, Aug 21 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency expressed concern today over the increasingly precarious situation at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYR Macedonia), where force was used earlier to prevent people trying to...
Number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece soars 750 per cent over 2014
GENEVA, Aug 7 (UNHCR)—Some 124,000 refugees and migrants had arrived in Greece by sea at the end of July this year—a staggering 750 per cent increase on the same period in 2014, the UN refugee agency detailed on Friday. UNHCR said that in July alone 50,000 new...
More than 100 Somali refugees arrive home in Mogadishu from Kenya
MOGADISHU, Aug 5 (UNHCR)—More than 100 Somali refugees from Kenya flew into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, marking a new chapter in the voluntary return process. Earlier in the day, two planes, carrying 116 people, took off from Dadaab camp in Northeastern...
UNHCR assists flood victims in Myanmar’s Rakhine and Kachin states
Help Now GENEVA, Aug 4 (UNHCR)—Cyclone Komen which swept across western Myanmar last week has caused extensive damage, including to areas where thousands of displaced people are living, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. Strong winds, heavy rains and serious...
David Morrissey, ‘Walking Dead’ actor, meets refugees in Greece
David Morrissey, UNHCR Supporter and ‘Walking Dead’ actor, travelled with UNHCR to the Greek island of Lesvos to meet with refugees who have fled conflict and persecution in their own countries and undertaken dangerous sea crossings in order to find safety and...
Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp turns three, challenges for the future of thousands living there
GENEVA, July 28 (UNHCR)—As Jordan's Za'atari camp—the largest refugee camp in the Middle East—prepared to mark its third anniversary, the UN refugee agency revealed on Tuesday (July 28) an increase in the number of refugees seeking shelter in camps across the rest of...
Nigerian refugees move from volatile border zone in Cameroon
GENEVA, July 21 (UNHCR)—Violence and insecurity have continued to affect population movements in northern Nigeria and neighbouring countries, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday (July 21). In Cameroon's remote Far North Region, a steady flow of Nigerian refugees...
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