UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria
unhcr - 27/03/2008
On a recent visit to Damascus, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres urged donor nations to do more to help host countries like Syria and Jordan lo...
- Chicago Bulls Basketball Star Luol Deng for UNHCR
unhcr - 26/03/2008
A former refugee himself, Luol Deng is helping the UN refugee agency to raise funds for education and sports activities for refugee children.
- Somalia: Displaced By War
unhcr - 17/12/2007
As conflict in Somalia continues to rage, the number of people fleeing the fighting has topped one million. Makeshift camps close to Mogadishu are overflowing a...
- Dialogue on Migration and Asylum
unhcr - 17/12/2007
Delegates at a recent meeting in Geneva discuss the complex issue of how to better protect asylum seekers making dangerous journeys over land and sea.
- Somalia: People Smuggling
unhcr - 13/12/2007
Despite the risks desperate people are willing to pay smugglers to help them escape violence or poverty. To see more videos like this one go to the UNHCR c...
- Desperation in the Mediterranean
unhcr - 13/12/2007
As the Mediterranean tourist season draws to a close, another deadly season of maritime people smuggling also ends. This season as in year's past, thousands of ...
- Afghanistan: Life on the Edge
unhcr - 16/11/2007
More than 5 million Afghans have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. But growing insecurity threatens the gains the country...
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Helping the Displaced
unhcr - 24/10/2007
Clashes in Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province continues to force people to flee. The violence in the eastern province has also hampered effo...
