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Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state
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Slovakia receives 37 Somalis from camps in Eritrea
UNHCR has helped resettle a total of 281 Somali refugees so far this year
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Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned
Refugees describe desperate efforts to rescue family members after overcrowded boat overturned in the Mediterranean
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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.