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A Japan Tsunami survivor has a UNHCR solar lamp lights her up in the darkest moment.
UNHCR Donates Cash, Lamps to Thai Flood Survivors
Oct 21,2011 | News and Events
BANGKOK, 21 OCTOBER 2011 -- The UN refugee agency is donating cash and solar lamps to Thais affected by the worst floods in 50 years as a gesture of gratitude for the country’s hospitality in hosting... Read More
UNHCR is Concerned about the Floods in Thailand
Oct 13,2011 | News and Events
Thailand is experiencing one of the worst floods in decades. UNHCR expresses our condolences to the families of those who died and to the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their homes and... Read More
Naeem J. Durrani, Protection Officer, Head of Field Office Mae Hong Son, welcomed the participants to the training.
Child Protection and Best Interest Determination (BID) Workshop in 2011
Oct 10,2011 | News and Events
Child Protection and Best Interest Determination (BID) Workshop in 2011 Read More
UNHCR has begun distributing tents and other emergency supplies to thousands of families left homeless by the floods. The tents are pitched where ever dry ground can by found.
UNHCR steps up assistance to Pakistan flood victims
Sep 22,2011 | News and Events
UNHCR steps up assistance to Pakistan flood victimsNews Stories, 20 September 2011BADIN, Pakistan, September 20 (UNHCR) – UNHCR teams are ramping up their distribution of tents and other emergency aid... Read More
The Society for Humanitarian Solidarity patrols 600 km of the Yemeni coast to help boat arrivals on the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea.
Yemeni NGO to receive Nansen Refugee Award for life-saving work
Sep 14,2011 | News and Events
GENEVA, September 13 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency announced today that its annual Nansen Refugee Award will honour a Yemen-based non-governmental organization, the Society for Humanitarian Solidari... Read More
UNHCR chief António Guterres and Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson talk to displaced Somalis in Dollow, south-western Somalia.
UNHCR chief Guterres calls for scaled-up aid effort inside Somalia
Sep 6,2011 | News and Events
DOLLOW, Somalia, August 30 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visited Somalia on Tuesday and called for greater efforts to provide life-saving aid to tens of thousands of di... Read More
Children race each other to pass the time in one of the refugee camps at Dadaab in north-east Kenya. The IKEA Foundation donation will help such people.
IKEA Foundation gives UNHCR US$62 million for Somali refugees in Kenya
Sep 2,2011 | News and Events
GENEVA, 30 AUG 2011 - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees today announced a landmark $62 million donation from the IKEA Foundation geared towards expanding emergency relief for the thousands of peop... Read More
In Search of Identity: An ailing 75-year-old Bihari sits alone in his room in a camp in Bangladesh.
New Campaign: UNHCR launches global campaign for the stateless millions
Aug 25,2011 | News and Events
News Stories, 25 August 2011 GENEVA, August 25 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency today launches a global campaign to promote action against statelessness, a scourge for millions of people worldwide.... Read More
Alex Wek, a supermodel who fled Sudan as a teenager, addresses the Refugee Congress in Washington.
Refugees from six decades gather in Washington for landmark congress
Aug 10,2011 | News and Events
WASHINGTON, DC, United States, August 4 (UNHCR) –Refugees from the past six decades, including a Sudanese supermodel and a Lao mental health worker, have gathered in Washington, DC, to... Read More
One year after Pakistan floods, humanitarian efforts for victims continue
One year after Pakistan floods, humanitarian efforts for victims continue
Aug 3,2011 | News and Events
News Stories, 28 July 2011 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 27 (UNHCR) – One year after the onset of the worst flooding in Pakistan's history, efforts to aid those who lost everything in the di... Read More
Refugees from Côte d'Ivoire wait to be registered at a camp in Liberia after fleeing violence in their homeland earlier this year.
UNHCR offices mark 60th anniversary of landmark UN Refugee Convention
Aug 2,2011 | News and Events
GENEVA, July 28 (UNHCR) – UNHCR offices around the world on Thursday marked the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention – the legal foundation on which most of the agency's wor... Read More