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UNHCR steps up response as 130,000 Syrian refugees cross into Turkey
GENEVA, September 22 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency is stepping up its response to help the Turkish government provide assistance to an estimated 130,000 Syrians who have crossed into Turkey since Friday. The Turkish authorities and UNHCR are preparing for the...
The humanitarian suffering continues in Ukraine, despite a ceasefire
KHARKIV, Ukraine, September 19 (UNHCR) – Under the imposing dome of the Stalin-era train station of Kharkiv, with its paintings of triumphant peasants and workers, dozens of exhausted travellers lie sprawled and sleeping on benches in a corner of the lobby. They are...
Ukraine: the internally displaced struggle to get by
NIKOLAEVKA, Ukraine, September 18 (UNHCR) – The old lady sits on the bed staring at the lavatory in her small room. "I am human, I am not a dog," she says. "I didn't ask them to bomb me. I had everything. Now I have nothing." Tamara is an internally displaced person...
Stateless in the Philippines: Indonesian descendants feel torn between two lands
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines, September 15 (UNHCR) – The question is simple: "Where are you from?" But in this rice-milling community in southern Mindanao, the answers are never straightforward. "My parents are from Indonesia. My mother escaped forced marriage and came to...
Angola Repatriation: Antonio returns home after 40 years in DR Congo
When Antonio last stood in his home village of Kwilu, Angola was a colony of Portugal on the verge of becoming independent.
Needs soar as number of Syrian refugees tops 3 million
The UN refugee agency reports that Syria’s intensifying refugee crisis will today pass a record 3 million people, amid reports of horrifying conditions inside the country.
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