Migrants and Refugees
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UNHCR welcomes Indonesia’s ‘act of humanity’ in rescuing refugees adrift at sea
Indonesian fishing crews and local authorities who took part in rescuing more than 200 people adrift at sea, were hailed…
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2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need…
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Record support brings ‘hope for a brighter future’ for forcibly displaced: UNHCR
Governments around the world pledged $1.13 billion on Tuesday to provide a lifeline to people displaced by war, violence and…
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Drought, conflict force 80,000 Somalis to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps
Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by…
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More than 50,000 migrants ‘die in search of a better life’
After risking their lives on dangerous journeys, more than 50,000 migrants are known to have died worldwide since 2014, the…
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Netflix biodrama draws attention to real-life refugee-turned-Olympian
When the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, screened a film about the inspiring true story of two sisters who swam for…
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UNHCR calls for ban on forced returns of asylum seekers to eastern DR Congo
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to eastern provinces of the…
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UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors
Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner…
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Malaysia’s forced return of Myanmar’s most vulnerable must stop: UNHCR
Malaysia’s forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been “sent back against their will” to the troubled country in…
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‘Comprehensive’ solution needed to end mass displacement of Rohingya
It’s been five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military…
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