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UNHCR, Annenberg photo exhibit highlights refugee grit
Renowned photographers Addario, Diop, Iturbide, Schoeller and Stoddart turn lenses on displacement crisis in landmark 'REFUGEE' show in Los Angeles.
Massive loss of life reported in latest Mediterranean tragedy
UNHCR interviewed shipwreck survivors who reported sinking of a large boat that went down with up to 500 people on board between Libya and Italy.
Displaced by war, Syrian tailor starts over in a rented van
A UNHCR-backed programme gives small business grants to people displaced by war within Syria to help them restart their lives.
UNHCR delivers vital Ecuador quake relief to worst-hit areas
Two field teams have distributed tents and plastic sheeting in the Andean nation's devastated Esmeraldas province as a major UNHCR airlift gets underway.
Work permit boost gives hope to Syrian refugees in Jordan
Three-month window for employers to obtain free work permits for Syrians could benefit tens of thousands of refugees
South Sudan refugee outflow grows as relief funds lag
New fighting and food insecurity in the world's youngest nation are driving more displacement at a time when refugee relief operations are only 11 per cent funded.
UNHCR emergency airlift to aid Ecuador quake relief
Airlift to take tents, sleeping mats and other items for distribution among some 40,000 displaced people in worst-hit communities.
UNHCR chief lauds Pope's solidarity with refugees
Filippo Grandi hails "powerful demonstration of solidarity" as Pope Francis returns to Rome from Greece with three Syrian refugee families.
UNHCR begins relocating Mozambican asylum-seekers in Malawi
A first group of 81 Mozambican asylum-seekers have been relocated in southern Malawi in a UNHCR-run relocation operation aimed at improving living conditions.