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Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
The actor joins the UN Refugee Agency at a time of unprecedented crisis as nearly 60 million people are displaced worldwide.
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Despite booby traps, Iraqis risk all on return to Ramadi
Iraq's third-largest city has not been declared cleared by the government and dozens of returnees have been killed by IEDs.
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Sahrawi women to get behind the wheel at new driving school
In a push to empower young women, Sahrawi sisters plan to open an all-female driving school later this year in remote Dakhla camp, Algeria.
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Greek couple offers a welcome haven to Syrian family
Syrian mother and toddlers were in desperate need of help after hazardous journey through Turkey and across Aegean.
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Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame through Athens
Symbolic gesture intended to show solidarity with the world's refugees at a time when millions are fleeing war and persecution worldwide.
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A year after Nepal quake, villagers rebuild from the ruins
Reconstruction continues following a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that flattened homes across the Himalayan kingdom on April 25 last year.
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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.
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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.
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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.