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Our frequent updates from our staff in the field, about our work, and the people we help, play an important role in keeping staff, media, the public and our donors informed.
Clinic helps refugees and Bangladeshis in pain
A physiotherapy clinic set up by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in south-east Bangladesh treats Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts side by side.
UNHCR flight relocates 54 vulnerable refugees from Niger to Italy
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today relocated 54 vulnerable refugees from the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) and urban areas in Niger to Italy.
UNHCR flies in relief for Somalis cut off by flooding
Monday’s delivery of humanitarian supplies will be the first of many to support Somalia, which has experienced its worst flooding in years.
UNHCR troubled by latest U.S. refugee resettlement cut
UNHCR is troubled by the U.S. decision to reduce, substantially and for the third consecutive year, the number of refugees it will admit for resettlement.
UNHCR statement on the death of former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata
Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, who led UNHCR from 1991 to 2000, passed away in Tokyo, Japan, her family has announced.
Training refugees and Ethiopians for the job market
A vocational programme funded by the German government teaches skills such as cooking, woodworking and mechanics to refugees and their hosts in Ethiopia.
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