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War, violence, persecution push displacement to new unprecedented high
UNHCR’s new Global Trends report, the organization’s major annual survey of the state of displacement, says that at the end of 2016 there were 65.6 million people forcibly displaced worldwide – some 300,000 more than a year earlier. This total represents an enormous number of people needing protection worldwide.
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The FC Barcelona Foundation and UNHCR Launch Campaign in Support of Refugee Children
“The love of sport brings people together in a unique way. The passion and acceptance that comes from playing and supporting teams can dissolve differences."
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Solar Energy Boosts Learning in Refugee Camp
With electricity in short supply, the prospect of learners embracing information technology is difficult, if not impossible. But thanks to the Italian energy and gas company ENI, headquartered in Rome, the school now has solar panels. The panels provide lighting in classrooms and power the computers.
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Refugee Teacher Scales Heights to Global Stage
“One of my students went on to Princeton, one of the top Ivy League schools in the US, for his undergraduate degree, then to Germany where he completed his postgraduate degree. He is now pursuing his doctorate.”
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UNHCR Kicks-off World Refugee Day Activities with a Debate on Refugee Contribution to the Local Economy
German Ambassador to Kenya Her Excellency Jutta Frasch Visits Kakuma
Somali refugee uses his artistic skills to earn a living
Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees
In November 2013, a Tripartite Agreement between the Governments of Somalia, Kenya and UNHCR was signed.
Voluntary repatriation process started on 8 December 2014 when the first group of refugees voluntarily returned to Somalia.
67,266 The number of Somali refugees who have voluntarily returned home since the process began.
Since 8 December 2014, when UNHCR started supporting voluntary return of Somali refugees. In 2016, 33,725 Somalis were supported to return home.
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UNHCR's Global Report 2016
UNHCR’s Global Report presents a global overview of the work carried out by UNHCR in a given year to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of forcibly displaced people: refugees, internally displaced people, returnees, stateless people and others of concern.
It highlights that year’s achievements, as well as challenges faced by the organization and its partners in attempting to respond to multiple life-threatening crises and ever-growing humanitarian needs.
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