UNHCR
UNHCR
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR; established December 14, 1950) is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. UNHCR was established on December 14, 1950 and succeeded the earlier United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate... read more
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UNHCR, Zimbabwe talks ambushed - groups
From News24 Dated 21 May 2012 Rights groups say bogus organisations, some even the perpetrators of injustice, have been invited to "ambush" the rights defenders' talks with Pillay.
North Africa: Refugees in Limbo at Egypt-Libya Border
From AllAfrica.com Dated 21 May 2012 [UNHCR] Sallum, Egypt - Andrew Mok, computer open...
Namibia: After Decades, a Journey Home for Angolan Refugees
From AllAfrica.com Dated 21 May 2012 [UNHCR] Ongwadiya - Over 100 Angolan refugees, some...
UNHCR chief in Zimbabwe
From News24 Dated 20 May 2012 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world human rights chief.
Record number of African migrants and refugees arrive in Yemen
From UN Radio Dated 18 May 2012 More refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa have arrived in Yemen this year than during the same period last year, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). UNHCR says three out of four people who board rickety...
Cote d'Ivoire: UNHCR Repatriates Refugees From Unstable Mali
From AllAfrica.com Dated 18 May 2012 [UNHCR] This is a summary of what...
Liberia: Fisherman returns to lost family as refugee status deadline looms
From Pambazuka Dated 17 May 2012 2012-05-16 During almost 20 years of exile in Guinea, Joseph did not know if his family was alive or dead. When he recently found out by chance that they had survived the attack that caused him to flee his native Liberia,...
Congo Clashes Cause New Inflows of Refugees into Rwanda and Uganda
From News Blaze Dated 17 May 2012 According to UNHCR, more than 8,200 refugees have crossed from DRC into Rwanda since 27 April. These are in addition to the 55,000 Congolese refugees that Rwanda is already hosting.
UNHCR organising free eye clinic for Afghan refugees
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 16 May 2012 KARACHI - The UN refugee agency in collaboration with the Pakistan Eye Bank Society (PEBS) is organizing free eye clinics for Afghan refugees in Karachi that will operate every Wednesday throughout the month of May.At the clinic, Afghan refugees are...
Brangelina to wed because of UN fears
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 16 May 2012 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie decided to get married because of her work with the United Nations. Apparently the couple feared she may not survive a dangerous new mission with the UN helping to battle drug lords. Angelina, who is...
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