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UNHCR About 135,000 people in closed camps in Sri Lanka have been allowed increased freedom of movement. Our staff report several thousands have already left Menik Fram camps to go back to their villages. We hope that people are only returned to areas cleared of mines and demining activities keep pace with the speed of retur...ns. We are supporting the returnees with a shelter grant and relief assistance to all families.
UNHCR We've just uploaded this photo set dedicated to the victims of sexual violence and the work of UN Action ending sexual violence in conflict. Click 'show info' at the top of each image to read personal accounts of sexual violence.
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UNHCR's Commit. Act. Demand. We can end violence against women set
UNHCR Our High Commissioner, António Guterres, is visiting India this week to strengthen our partnership with a country that has a growing role on the global stage. India hosts a diverse urban caseload, each with unique problems. Read more about India's role on the world refugee stage below:
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Huddled in sweaters on a cold December morning, some 20 refugees representing their communities met this week with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres in a building tucked away in the lanes of West Delhi.
UNHCR We have just launched a new fundraising website that will let you take responsibility for saving 5 lives. We want you (our beloved Facebook fans) to take the lead in creating a fundraising group for your town, company or club. Click the link below to register and get started. Be sure to share this link on your own Facebook profile.
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UNHCR In Kabul today, we began distributing blankets, warm clothes, charcoal and other winter supplies to 1,500 returnees and internally displaced people. This is part of a countrywide programme to help 200,000 Afghans survive the harsh winter. Some of these people were among the first to return to Afghanistan in 2002, but a...re now facing their eight harsh winter in tough conditions.
UNHCR As part of our 16 Days of Activism read how a special office in a Kenyan refugee camp helps victims of sexual violence. The Gender and Development Office – backed by the UN refugee agency and run by CARE – counsels victims of rape or domestic violence and also helps to empower them, through training programmes, income-...generation activities and the like. It's an important service to many women who have nowhere else to turn.
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UNHCR Yesterday marked the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism to Eliminate Violence Against Women, an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute in 1991. Gender-based violence is one of the most virulent, culturally endemic, and persistent trends in the world.
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GENEVA, November 25 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres stressed on Wednesday that his agency was fully committed to the prevention of sexual violence, which he said needed a personal as well as a collective response.
UNHCR We've begun distributing additional relief relief supplies to some 85,000 internally displaced people (IDP) living in camps in north-west Pakistan. This aid will help the IDPs, gathering some 13,600 families, to cope with the hardships of winter.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, November 24 (UNHCR) – As temperatures drop in north-west Pakistan, the UN refugee agency has begun to distribute additional relief supplies to some 85,000 internally displaced people (IDP) living in camps. ...
UNHCR Many Somalis face a bleak decision between enduring violence in their homeland or taking a dangerous journey to Yemen. This is the harrowing account of Siidow, a 67-year-old grandfather, who fled his home in Somalia for Yemen. After reaching Yemen he evaded authorities, took on small jobs and managed to save enough to ...travel to Saudi Arabia. Siidow was arrested during his first night in Saudi Arabia and and flown back to Mogadishu.
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When local militiamen raided his home in central Somalia five years ago, Siidow knew he had to go far, far away if he was to survive and have any hope of providing a half-decent future for his large family.
See MoreUNHCR Our photo unit has put together a brilliant photo essay showcasing the refugees and internally displaced people we help around the world. Click the link below and spend five minutes discovering why we do what we do. Let us know your thoughts.
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A photo essay showcasing the people UNHCR helps around the globe. Possibly our best photo essay yet.
UNHCR This is a fascinating interview with Dominique Porteaud our senior water and sanitation officer. Dominique visits refugees camps and settlements for the internally displaced around the world to plan and build water and sanitation systems. Worth a read if you have five minutes.
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GENEVA, November 19 (UNHCR) – Dominique Porteaud is UNHCR's senior water and sanitation officer. The French national, who has forestry and public health engineering degrees, visits refugees camps ...
UNHCR Every year, thousands of people try to reach North America via the Caribbean. We are providing vital pieces in the protection jigsaw that covers the region.
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MIAMI, United States, November 18 (UNHCR) – With its hundreds of secluded islands surrounded by azure seas, the Caribbean attracts not only tourists but also ruthless opportunists. Smugglers, peddling ...
UNHCR We have had a presence in Calais since June. UNHCR staff, accompanied by an interpreter, visit towns and communes up and down the coast, meeting undocumented migrants and telling them about the asylum system in France and how to apply for refugee status, as well as assisting with applications. It's often a struggle get...ting people to open up, especially if smugglers are nearby.
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LOON-PLAGE, France, November 17 (UNHCR) – In late September, French police used bulldozers to flatten a notorious makeshift camp for migrants and asylum-seekers on the outskirts of Calais, saying it had become a base for the illegal activities of people smugglers.
See MoreUNHCR We're calling for an end to the detention of Lao Hmong refugees in Thailand. Three years ago recognized Lao Hmong refugees were rounded up in Bangkok and held in detention. They have not committed any crime and their detention serves no purpose. In total 158 refugees are being held in Nong Khai, this includes many wome...n and children. The U.S. Australia, Canada and the Netherlands have offered to resettle them.
UNHCR Encouraging story. For many years Ukshin Toplica thought he might never return to Kosovo from exile in the neighbouring former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. "I always wanted to bring my family back. But we were told that Albanians had occupied all the houses in our old neighbourhood, so we felt we could not safely return."
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Ukshin Toplica only felt he was really back home once he had completed renovating the house he had been forced to flee a decade ago in the Kosovo capital of Pristina.
