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UNHCR calls on governments to raise refugee funds

Countries spending billions on financial rescue packages should spend a few extra "peanuts" to fund aid programs for those worst hit by the global financial crisis, the U.N. refugee chief said Friday.

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Annual UNHCR meet ends with call to help world's most vulnerable people

The annual meeting of UNHCR's governing body concludes with a reminder that support for the world's most vulnerable and disadvantaged people is an investment in the creation of a better life for all.

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Q&A: UNHCR in pursuit of durable solutions for refugees in Tanzania

UNHCR's representative in Tanzania talks about how the agency is utilizing the whole range of durable solutions for refugees in the country.

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100 Somalis feared dead off Yemen coast: UNHCR

GENEVA (Reuters) - About 100 migrants believed to be mainly Somalis are missing and feared dead after being forced overboard by smugglers off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.

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UNHCR'S Global Needs Assessment pilot shows substantial gaps

UN's deputy chief says comprehensive assessment of the needs of the uprooted in pilot countries shows substantial and disturbing gaps that must be addressed.

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100 migrants feared drowned off Yemen: UNHCR

The UN's refugee agency and Yemeni officials say that about 100 people are feared drowned after smugglers forced them overboard in the Gulf of Aden. A spokesman for the UNHCR told reporters that the smugglers' boat had left Somalia on Monday with 150 people on board. The UN agency said as the vessel neared the coast of Yemen, the smugglers forced the migrants overboard and that only 47 people managed...

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UNHCR: about 100 Somalis are dead off Yemen coast

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday that it is searching for about 100 people reported missing in the Gulf of Aden after being forced overboard by smugglers off the coast of Yemen. The UNHCR said in a statement that some of the 47 known survivors told the agency team in Yemen that a smuggling boat carrying about 150 passengers departed the Somali port of Marera, near Bossaso, on Monday and...

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UNHCR'S Global Needs Assessment pilot shows gaps

"Anyone who visits a refugee camp or sees the needs of refugees and asylum- seekers living in urban areas can be in no doubt that more needs to be done," said Johnstone, who is leading the effort to mainstream Global Needs Assessment into UNHCR's overall budgeting process. "Obviously, meeting the needs of our beneficiaries and ensuring their basic rights will require more resources."

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Pavarotti Tribute Concert on Sunday

Since 2002, more than 5 million Afghans have returned to their country from Pakistan, Iran and elsewhere. The joint WFP/UNHCR projects will focus on the most vulnerable of them – especially women and children – and pay to construct schools, provide health, skills and literacy training, and build micro-hydropower and irrigation canals to bring electricity and improve agricultural production. The Italian...

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UNHCR chief delivers award to 'heroic' de-miners working in South Lebanon

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) Antonio Guterres praised the "heroic" work of mine clearers before presenting this year's prestigious Nansen Refugee Award to staff and partners of the UN Mine Action Coordination Center (UNMACC) for their key role in enabling hundreds of thousands of displaced people to resume a normal life in South Lebanon.

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Another tragedy in Gulf of Aden

There has been a recent upsurge in people smuggling across the Gulf of Aden from war-torn Somalia. So far this year, about 32,000 people have arrived in Yemen after making the perilous voyage aboard smugglers' boats. At least 230 people have died and an estimated 365 remain missing, including from the latest incident.

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British, Norway ambassadors visit Jaffna

British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Dr. Peter Hayes, and Norway's Ambassador Tore Hattrem accompanied by UNHCR residential representative in Colombo, were on a visit to Jaffna Wednesday. The emissaries met Jaffna Appeal Court Magistrate R. T.Vignarajah around 4:30 p.m. and discussed the humanitarian as well as the general security concerns of the civilians. Meanwhile, informed sources in Jaffna...

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'Too many refugees face intolerance and denial of rights' - UNHCR

Date: 09 Oct 2008 Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Excom: Despite gains in 2008, UNHCR says too many refugees face intolerance and denial of their rights

UNHCR's top protection official, Erika Feller, presents the main findings of the annual Note on International Protection to the agency's governing body.

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Assistant High Commissioner reports mixed year for refugee protection

"Last year, more than 700,000 refugees were able to return home, while some 70,000 are benefiting from resettlement opportunities made available by an ever growing and diversifying group of resettlement providers," Feller told delegates mid-way through the five-day meeting in Geneva's Palais des Nations. "New laws in a number of countries have extended the rule of law in displacement situations, including...