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![Amid the ruins of Aleppo, UNHCR sees signs of hope](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/01092017-Bassam-Diab-Aleppo-resized-1.jpg)
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UNHCR moves 1,100 out of tents, beating first snow of winter
The United Nations Refugee Agency has arranged 19,500 places in apartments, hotels and with host families throughout Greece for relocation candidates and vulnerable asylum-seekers. ATHENS, Greece – Iraq refugee Kheri Mando Sliman, relieved to ...![Burning trash to keep warm in Syrian cut off town](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/syria-town-cut-off.jpg)
Burning trash to keep warm in Syrian cut off town
UNHCR delivers winter clothing to residents of Qudsaya as part of a drive to provide life-saving aid to 4.6 million Syrians and Iraqis displaced across the region. QUDSAYA, Syria – Keeping a 100-square-metre apartment ...![Survival a struggle in Eastern Ukraine as winter looms](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12232015_ukraine.jpg)
Survival a struggle in Eastern Ukraine as winter looms
ZAITSEVE, Ukraine, Dec 23 (UNHCR)—When artillery shattered the roof of her cottage in this eastern Ukraine village, single mother Nina sought a home that offered more protection from the fighting for herself and her ...![2015: The Year of Europe’s Refugee Crisis](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12302015_1-million.jpg)
2015: The Year of Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape war and persecution. Here are seven key events in this unfolding drama. The influx of refugees and migrants to ...![Young Afghan uses language skills to help medics on Lesvos](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11202015_young-afghan.jpg)
Young Afghan uses language skills to help medics on Lesvos
LESVOS, Greece, Nov 20 (UNHCR)—Amena Yusufi, a 21-year-old woman from Afghanistan, stepped out of a medical tent on Lesvos’ busy Moria reception and registration centre and called for the next patient. A mother and ...![Debt a growing burden for Syrian refugees in Lebanon](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11202015_Lebanon.jpg)
Debt a growing burden for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Nov 20 (UNHCR)—Syrian father Mohamad believes his life can be summarized by a worn out piece of paper. Carefully folded and tucked under a floor mattress, it details a growing list of debts. ...![New Balkan border restrictions untenable](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11202015_Balkan.jpg)
New Balkan border restrictions untenable
GENEVA, Nov 20 (UNHCR)—A range of new restrictions against the movement of refugees and migrants from Greece through the Western Balkans and further northwards is increasingly untenable, the UN refugee agency, the International Organisation ...![UNHCR chief says it is “absolute nonsense” to blame refugees for terror](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11172015_guterres.jpg)
UNHCR chief says it is “absolute nonsense” to blame refugees for terror
PRESEVO, Serbia, Nov 17 (UNHCR)—UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said today it was “absolute nonsense” to try to blame refugees for terror attacks, stressing that they were its “first victims” and could ...![UNHCR delivers vital winter aid in eastern Ukraine](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926111246im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11092015_Ukraine.jpg)