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Name: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (UNHCR)

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First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Kenya: UNHCR Strengthens Its Presence in Dadaab Refugee Complex

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 25 May 2012, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.As part of our efforts to ensure continuity of life-saving services ... [ Published May 25 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Kenya, Somalia, Melissa Fleming

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Economic Community of W. African States

West Africa: Ecowas Spends U.S.$1.3 Million On Displaced Persons

The ECOWAS Commission has presented 1,320 tons of grains valued at $1.3 million to the Government of Cote d'Ivoire to alleviate the sufferings of some one million people displaced during the country's post-electoral crisis of 2010.The 885 tons of rice ... [ Published May 25 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Economic Community of W. African States, Displaced People, Refugees, Crisis, Displacement

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

East Africa: Boat Tragedy Off Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 22 May 2012, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.More than 20 people are dead or missing after a small motorized ... [ Published May 22 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Mayotte, Comoros, Indian Ocean, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (...

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

South Sudan: Joy and Hope As 146 Refugees Arrive in Juba

Juba — The minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Hon. Joseph Lual Acuil has reiterated government commitment to bring home all the South Sudanese refugees still living in the Republic of Sudan.Hon. Lual made this statement yesterday ... [ Published May 15 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: South Sudan, Refugees, Juba (South Sudan)

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Blue Nile Inc

Sudan: Ethiopia Sees a Surge of Blue Nile Refugees in April - UN

Addis Ababa — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state has continued to drive more refugees flee to neighbouring Ethiopia.UNHCR and the Ethiopian government have registered ... [ Published May 02 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Ethiopia, Blue Nile Inc, Refugees, Sudan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (...

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Sudan: 35,000 Newly Displaced Near Sudan-South Sudan Border

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 24 April 2012, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.The recent fighting near the border between Sudan and South ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Refugees, Sudan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., South Sudan

First Reported Apr 23 2012 - Updated Apr 23 2012 - 1 Documents

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Tunisia: More Residents of a Refugee Camp Resettled in Western Countries

On April 18th, 33 refugees from the Shousha refugee camp in southern Tunisia left for Australia, under a resettlement program undertaken by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Two days later, 22 refugees left for Sweden under the ... [ Published Apr 23 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Refugees, Tunisia, Refugee Camp, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (...

First Reported Apr 19 2012 - Updated Apr 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Azerbaijan, Kuwait to discuss cooperation in youth and sports sphere

WAM Iranian claims to disputed islands... 04/19/2012 - 13:24WAM Iran picks awkward time to escalate... 04/19/2012 - 13:22WAM US and France back UAE over islands 04/19/2012 - 13:20WAM Iran cannot waive the problem away, UAE... 04/19/2012 ... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies ]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates

First Reported Apr 18 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

When Immigrants Become the Football

(IPS) - Candidates in the French presidential election are coming to use the word immigrant like a ball to be kicked around from one side to another, analysts say. "Boot all the immigrants out, and everything will be fine. Thats the seductive and deceptive ... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Inter Press Service ]

Entities: Immigration, France, François Hollande, Elections, Nicolas Sarkozy

First Reported Apr 17 2012 - Updated Apr 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Online learning inspires refugees

IRIN | 17 minSanky Kabeya, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has spent half of his 24 years in Dzaleka refugee camp in central Malawi.He attended primary and secondary school in the camp but, after graduating, his dream of furthering ... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Eye Witness News ]

Entities: Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Democratic Republic of the Congo, Education, Higher Education

First Reported Apr 02 2012 - Updated Apr 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Sudan: UNAMID Official's Claim 100,000 Refugees Returned to Darfur False

Eastern Chad — There have been claims in the international media that more than 100,000 refugees have left the camps in Chad and returned to Darfur in the past year.Radio Dabanga conducted an extensive investigation to find out if this was the case.The ... [ Published Apr 02 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]

Entities: Darfur, Refugees, Chad

First Reported Apr 02 2012 - Updated Apr 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Speech : Transcript - ABC Insiders

Speech Transcript - ABC Insiders Sunday 1st April 2012 Subjects: Senator Judith Adams, mandatory detention, ASIO security checks for illegal boat arrivals, UNHCR asylum seeker statistics EandOE BARRIE CASSIDY: To ... ... [ Published Apr 02 2012 by Wotnews ]

Entities: Judith Adams, Barrie Cassidy, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (...

Quotes

"In spite of its lean resources, the community has intervened variously to provide succour to victims of natural disasters and related crisis in the region, including assistance to victims of the 2009 flood in the country. In January 2010, the Commission released 500,000 dollars to the UN refugee agency, (UNHCR), to assist some 150,000 Ivorian refugees from the crisis in Liberia" he said

West Africa: Ecowas Spends U.S.$1.3 Million On Displaced Persons [AllAfrica.com - May 25 2012]

"We are happy to see that primarily they refugees are coming home. We will do every possible to reintegrate them into their communities" , she added

South Sudan: Joy and Hope As 146 Refugees Arrive in Juba [AllAfrica.com - May 15 2012]

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Kenya: UNHCR Strengthens Its Presence in Dadaab... [ Published May 25 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
West Africa: Ecowas Spends U.S.$1.3 Million On ... [ Published May 25 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
East Africa: Boat Tragedy Off Indian Ocean Isla... [ Published May 22 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
South Sudan: Joy and Hope As 146 Refugees Arriv... [ Published May 15 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
Sudan: Ethiopia Sees a Surge of Blue Nile Refug... [ Published May 02 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
Congo-Kinshasa: Concern Over Welfare of Displaced [ Published Apr 24 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
Sudan: 35,000 Newly Displaced Near Sudan-South ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
Tunisia: More Residents of a Refugee Camp Reset... [ Published Apr 23 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
Mikati, U.K. official discuss Syrian, Palestini... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Lebanon Daily Star ]
Azerbaijan, Kuwait to discuss cooperation in yo... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies ]
When Immigrants Become the Football [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Inter Press Service ]
Syria violence throws UN peace mission into dou... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Online learning inspires refugees [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Eye Witness News ]
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Angelina Jolie watches ICC conviction of Congol... [ Published Mar 14 2012 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
UN High Commissioner talks refugee issues [ Published Feb 13 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]
UN High Commissioner talks refugee issues [ Published Feb 13 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]