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Family tents arriving in Nairobi on the first UNHCR airlift are being rushed to Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya.
UNHCR starts emergency airlift of tents to Kenya, Ethiopia
Jul 19,2011 | News and Events
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 18 (UNHCR) – The first airlifts of UNHCR tents have arrived in Ethiopia and Kenya and are being rushed to the borders with Somalia to shelter thousands of emaciated Somali... Read More
IOC's Jacques Rogge (left) and LOCOG's Sir Keith Mills hand over a parcel of sports clothing to the UNHCR's Joyce Mends-Cole in Durban, South Africa.
London Olympics gear up to help refugees
Jul 18,2011 | News and Events
DURBAN, South Africa, July 11 (UNHCR) – As athletes around the world train to swim faster, jump higher, throw further in the run-up to next year's London Olympics, the event's organize... Read More
World Refugee Day activities by UNHCR Field Offices
World Refugee Day activities by UNHCR Field Offices
Jul 1,2011 | News and Events
UNHCR in coordination with its implementing and operational partners, including the refugee camp based organisation (CBO), commemorated Word Refugee Day 2011 under UNHCR’s “1” Camp... Read More
Number of refugees per 1 USD GDP (PPP) per capita 2010
World Refugee Day: UNHCR report finds 80 per cent of world's refugees in developing countries
Jun 20,2011 | News and Events
GENEVA, June 20 (UNHCR) – A UNHCR report released today reveals deep imbalance in international support for the world's forcibly displaced, with a full four-fifths of the world's refug... Read More
Distinguished guests join the group photo
Opening night of Refugee Film Festival
Jun 16,2011 | News and Events
200 guests from Thai government, corporate sector, media and UNHCR donors gathered at the opening night of Refugee Film Festival on 14 June at Paragon Cineplex. After the reception, the participants... Read More
Thai immigration officials direct Pakistani refugees to waiting buses after 94 refugees were released from six months' detention.
Nearly 100 Pakistani refugees freed from detention in Bangkok
Jun 8,2011 | News and Events
BANGKOK, Thailand, June 6 (UNHCR) – Even though he's 35, Monday felt like the first day of his life for Pakistani refugee Tahir Mehmood. He was released after six months in an immigration... Read More
Refugee Film Festival
Refugee Film Festival
May 25,2011 | News and Events
FREE ADMISSION! Coinciding with World Refugee Day which falls on 20th June, UNHCR is organizing the Refugee Film Festival during 20-22 June 2011 at Paragon Cineplex. The Festival features award-wi... Read More
Conditions must be right for refugees to go
Apr 19,2011 | News and Events
Recent headlines have proclaimed that Thailand plans to close all 9 refugee camps along its border with Burma and send some 140,000 refugees home. No deadline was given, but a top official said it i... Read More
Refugee Life
Refugee Life, an exhibition by UNHCR
Apr 18,2011 | News and Events
Refugees live in closed camps in Thailand and unknown to the outside world. UNHCR brings the daily life of refugees to shopping malls in Thailand. The exhibition will showcase at Paragon Shopping Co... Read More
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie meets Somali refugees today at Choucha Camp, located near the Tunisian-Libyan border
More aid for Libya, Côte d'Ivoire exodus, urges Angelina Jolie
Apr 8,2011 | News and Events
RAS ADJIR, Tunisia, April 5 (UNHCR) – One camp, many complexities. That's what the UN refugee agency's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie encountered on Tuesday when she visited a camp... Read More
Chinese actress Yao Chen breaks down in tears after hearing a 39-year-old Karen woman, Naw Roza, tell of how she had been persecuted in Myanmar since the age of five.
Chinese actress Yao Chen shares refugees' stories with millions of fans
Apr 5,2011 | News and Events
MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand, April 1 (UNHCR) – One of China's most popular actresses, Yao Chen, took on some new roles this week in a refugee camp in northern Thailand, picking up a hoe... Read More