Suu Kyi brings hope for refugees By Brennan O’Connor Along a bumpy dirt road leading into the Thai Mae La refugee camp, excited refugees, holding National League for Democracy (NLD) flags and posters adorned with photographs of Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung … Read more on Asia Times Online JobsCommunity Service […]
North Africa: UNHCR Strives to Find Solutions for Refugees At Egypt-Libya Border “All of them want to leave [for resettlement],” Yvan Sturm, head of UNHCR’s Sallum team, said of the 2000. “The majority have no other option,” added Stephen Choka, the RSD supervisor. The best solution for refugees is normally repatriation followed by … Read […]
UNHCR repatriates Ivorian refugees from unstable Mali UNHCR helped 104 Ivorian refugees fly back home earlier this week from Bamako, the Malian capital where they felt insecure due to continuing instability. UNHCR organized their repatriation by air as general… UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Young Muslim woman’s fierce passion for learning sparks big changes […]
Somali refugees learn to live together in new tented town rising in Kenya A delicate lattice of community begins to take hold among the thousands of refugees who inhabit the white tents of the Ifo Extension in northern Kenya. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Humanitarian situation improving in Ethiopia, continued challenges in Somalia Together […]
The new ID cards have an electronic chip that contains information about the holder, including biographical details. Some 18,000 will be distributed. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR addresses “alarming” level of child mortality in Ethiopian camp About 10 children under five have been dying every day in Kobe camp since June. Malnutrition is […]
Tents and infrastructure put in place at the Kambioos camp in Kenya as UNHCR moves more Somali refugees into another section of Dadaab. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency
Iraq Remains Dangerous – US Obligation to Iraqi Refugees Persists Since late 2007, refugee resettlement and special visa programs have been in place to help US-affiliated Iraqis. Following a period of unconscionable inaction on the part of the US government in the early years of the war, the State Department … Read more on Human […]
