By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 March 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it is resuming the voluntary repatriation of Afghans who have been living in Pakistan. These assisted returns will take place in two phases and are linked to the recently concluded re...
By Sonja Pace Damascus 09 February 2007 The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, says the international community has a moral and political obligation to help the nearly four million Iraqis who have been internally displaced, or who...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 December 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says it is preparing for the possible exodus of thousands of Somalis to neighboring countries, in the wake of the fighting between Ethiopian-backed government troops and Islamist fighte...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 November 2006 U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is warning that humanitarian aid for hundreds-of-thousands of Sudanese refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians could be jeopardized by a fresh outbreak...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 November 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says Iraq is facing a displacement crisis, on a larger scale than was anticipated when the war began in 2003. The UNHCR says continuing violence is leading more Iraqis to flee their hom...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2006 Delegates attending a United Nations refugee conference have expressed deep concern about the plight of millions of internally displaced people, especially those who have been uprooted by Sudan's conflict in Da...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 July 2006 The U.N. refugee agency is sending the first convoys of aid for Lebanon from Syria today. The UNHCR says it plans to deliver 400 tons of emergency relief supplies to Beirut over three days. ---------- Lebanese Red...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 May 2006 Sudanese refugee children sit in their makeshift classroom, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in the refugee camp Kou Kou Angarana in Chad some 30 kilometers from the Sudan border The U.N. refugee agency says it is very di...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 April 2006 A little girl washes clothes outside her shack at the Iridimi refugee camp near Iriba in eastern Chad (File photo - Sept. 25, 2004) The UN High Commissioner for Re...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 April 2006 Goz-Amer camp, one of 12 UNHRC-run camps in eastern Chad The United Nations refugee agency says it is alarmed over the possible impact of the violence in Chad on h...