The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, today expressed his growing concern for the dramatic numbers of people who are fleeing their homes in Syria. “With the spread of deadly… UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Benfica and UNHCR score for needy in Mali and Kenya refugee camp Benfica beat Luis Figo’s side […]
Yida refugee camp swells to 60000 North Sudanese Photos and text by Paula Bronstein / Getty Images The Yida refugee camp in South Sudan has swollen to nearly 60000 as refugees flee from South Kordofan in North Sudan. Refugees are arriving at 300-600 a day, some walking five days and some walking … Read more […]
Refugee fulfils hoop dreams He lived in a Kenyan refugee camp for 11 years, where he lost his mother and father. He arrived in Lismore aged 17, finished school at Lismore High and got a … Read more on ABC Online Dire Medical Needs in Under-Prepared Refugee Camps Juba, 13 June 2012 — Médecins Sans […]
Child Friendly Program Provides New DRC Refugee Camp allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience. Read more on AllAfrica.com Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars As their name implies, the core of this amazing band was formed in a Guinean refugee camp during Sierra Leone’s civil war of the Nineties. Since returning … Read more […]
Palestinian Refugee Killed In Syria The Hama refugee camp was repeatedly targeted by masked gunmen in an attempt to drag the Palestinians into the conflict. The refugee camp was also … Read more on International Middle East Media Center Monkeys Raid Ivorian Refugees Camp At Fententaa Sunyani — Monkeys have been disturbing the peace […]
Plucked from an Ethiopian refugee camp, two Somali women get a rare chance at higher education. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR gears up for humanitarian response in Myanmar Following the sudden escalation of violence some 10 days ago, the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state remains tense. The efforts of Myanmar authorities to restore […]
UNHCR Rwanda Refugee Bulletin, Issue No.5 Rwanda copes with its first refugee influx since 2009. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR strengthens its presence in Dadaab refugee complex As part of our efforts to ensure continuity of life-saving services for more than 460,000 refugees in the Dadaab refugee complex in north-eastern Kenya, we opened […]
SBY Wants Action on Timorese Refugees Yudhoyono said on Friday that he recently visited Oebelo, a village in Kupang, the provincial capital, where many refugees resettled and which is now wracked by poverty and unemployment. “By 2014, I want all existing problems to be solved. Read more on Jakarta Globe Refugee Farmers Find Solace […]
Somali, Eritrean refugees resettle in US VALLETTA, Malta – The new US ambassador to Malta has said farewell to 27 Somali and Eritrean refugees headed to the United States under a refugee resettlement program. Since 2007, 985 refugees have been resettled in the United States from the island … Read more on Fox News World […]
Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp Unable to Accomodate the Growing Need But even at Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee settlement comprised of three separate camps and now home to almost 400000 Somalis, there is not enough space or supplies to meet the growing demand. People wait with bags in a food queue at the. … Read […]
