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![Emergency workers on a Maltese Coastguard vessel carry away the […]](/20151216154905im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/5534f5356.jpg)
Mediterranean Tragedies Put Focus on Those in Peril on the Sea
April has proved to be the cruellest month this year for refugees and migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean on smuggler's boats, many setting out from lawless Libya for southern Europe and others trying to reach Greece. The number of crossings has multiplied this month, but at least two boats have […]
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![Andrew, 23, was attacked at a village market in Nigeria's Borno […]](/20151216154905im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/5512e42f6.jpg)
Victims of Conflict in Nigeria Find Safety in Cameroon Camp
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visited Cameroon in late March to put a spotlight on the situation there of tens of thousands of refugees from Nigeria. These people have escaped mounting violence by insurgents in the north-east of their country. Among the places that Guterres visited […]
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![Syrian asylum-seeker, Abdel, a 28-year-old paediatrician, stands […]](/20151216154905im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/55140fe16.jpg)
The Faces of Asylum
Everyone has a right to be treated humanely and with dignity. But asylum-seekers can sometimes be detained for years, forced to exist on the edge of society and struggle for their right to protection, while in some cases suffering human rights abuses. Their temporary new homes - a long way from the ones […]
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![Syrian refugees cross over into the outskirts of Kobani, Turkey, […]](/20151216154905im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/54ff0df26.jpg)
The Anguish of Syria's Refugees Enters a Fifth Year
These are the faces of Syrian refugees - more than 3.8 million in neighbouring countries alone - who fled their homes to escape a war that's unleashed one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. They imagined their exile might last weeks or months. Now the conflict is raging into a fifth year. […]
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![Nomeh, aged 70 years, is a Karenni refugee from Myanmar. Along […]](/20151216154905im_/http://www.unhcr.org/thumb1/54f99e5f6.jpg)
International Women's Day 2015: Celebrating the Strength of Refugee Women and Girls
On March 8, people around the world will come together to celebrate International Women's Day - including UNHCR. This year's theme, "Make It Happen," recognizes the progress that has been made over the past 12 months in empowering women, with many rising up to become stronger than ever before. However, […]
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