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UNHCR emergency airlift to aid Ecuador quake relief

UNHCR emergency airlift to aid Ecuador quake relief

GENEVA, April 18 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency is readying preparations for a major aid airlift, expected in the next 48 hours, to help people displaced by the worst earthquake to strike Ecuador in decades. This follows a request for UN help received from the...

Looking at Syria after five years of conflict

Looking at Syria after five years of conflict

GENEVA, March 15 (UNHCR) – As Syria's war reaches another grim milestone today, refugees fleeing the five-year conflict face greater hurdles to finding safety while international solidarity with its victims is failing to match and reflect the scale and seriousness of...

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