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Up to 15,000 newly arrived Rohingya refugees stranded at border
18 Oct 2017 UNHCR concerned about humanitarian conditions as the refugees await permission to move away from the border. -
Women fleeing FGM find abuse in Libya
18 Oct 2017 Over 200 million women and girls across the world have been subjected to female genital mutilation, while three million are estimated to be at risk each year. -
Forced displacement worldwide at its highest in decades
19 Jun 2017 UNHCR's annual Global Trends report says an unprecedented 65.6 million people were uprooted from their homes by conflict and persecution at the end of 2016. -
Thousands in eastern Ukraine lose access to pensions
14 Jun 2017 Retired and elderly people in the non-government-controlled Donbas region have lost their pensions as a result of registration requirements. -
UNHCR lauds Europe's rescue efforts in Mediterranean Sea
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More support needed as Mosul displacement grows
18 Nov 2016 Of the 60,000 people who have fled Iraq's second city since the start of the campaign on October 17, around 40,000 have done so since the start of November. -
UNHCR opens new camp amid spike in Mosul displacement
4 Nov 2016 Hasansham camp opens following largest displacement since start of Mosul offensive, as 8,000 men, women and children flee frontlines in past 24 hours. -
Global forced displacement hits record high
20 Jun 2016 UNHCR Global Trends report finds 65.3 million people, or one person in 113, were displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution in 2015. -
Armed clashes drive growing displacement in western Colombia
13 May 2016 Since March, more than 6,000 people have fled their homes to escape clashes between illegal groups fighting for territorial control in western Chocó department.