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Visionary Nigerian teacher wins UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
Geneva, 18 September 2017 – Zannah Mustapha, a champion for the rights of displaced children growing up amid violence in north-eastern Nigeria to get a quality education, has been named the 2017 winner of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award. Mustapha founded a...
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South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark
UNHCR renews call for help
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H&M Foundation joins hands with UNHCR to offer education for refugee children
Together, they help restore lost hopes by bringing refugee children in Uganda back to school.
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Bangladesh: UNHCR emergency airlift lands in Dhaka as Rakhine crisis deepens
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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UNHCR seeks additional support to respond to the Nigeria situation
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is launching a supplementary appeal for an additional US$9.5 million to scale up its activities in north-east Nigeria, as a result of an unexpected surge in self-organized returns of Nigerian refugees since the beginning of the year,...
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UNHCR seeing significant returns of internally displaced amid Syria’s continuing conflict
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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Shelter urgently needed for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence
Officials warn of ‘true crisis’ as an estimated 73,000 Rohingya seek safety in already strained Bangladesh refugee camps.
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Afghans dream of stepping out of the shadows with Pakistan ID scheme
Programme aims to provide up to one million undocumented Afghans with identity cards legalizing their stay in Pakistan.
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As Mosul battle rages, trapped residents face terror and hunger
Iraqis say militants gun down civilians escaping fighting in old Mosul, while thousands trapped there are used as human shields.