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Survey finds Nigerian refugees in Cameroon want to go home

But those questioned in UNHCR survey at Cameroon's Minawao camps also voiced concern about conditions in their towns and villages of return.

UNHCR appeals to Kenya over decision to end refugee hosting

Syria camp airstrikes show shocking disregard for civilians

UNHCR denounces fatal attacks on settlements where displaced had sought safety in northern Syria which killed many and injured scores more.

UNHCR urges dialogue to end herder, farmer clashes in Nigeria

Clashes have left several hundred people dead and tens of thousands displaced this year in fertile regions of Nigeria.

Workshop teaches Tuareg artisans new skills in exile

A hands-on workshop in Burkina Faso is helping Malian refugees to develop new products and the business skills to tap international markets.

Syrian refugee carries Olympic torch through Brasilia

Twelve-year-old Syrian schoolgirl Hanan bore the Olympic flame on the first stage of its relay across Brazil to the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Rio on August 5.

Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Slovakia receives 37 Somalis from camps in Eritrea

UNHCR has helped resettle a total of 281 Somali refugees so far this year

Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned

Refugees describe desperate efforts to rescue family members after overcrowded boat overturned in the Mediterranean