Karāchi :: Pakistan
| about 1 month ago
Afghans returning home from Pakistan under the UN refugee agency’s voluntary repatriation programme are informed that the facilitated return process will be suspended at the end of October for the usual winter break this year...The last day for Afghans...
Tags: voluntary repatriation, UNHCR, Pakistan, winter break, refugees agency
Aden :: Yemen
| about 1 month ago
The migrants were attempting to flee to Yemen from war-torn Somalia but were forced off the boat about 5km (3 miles) from the coast, a UN official said. About 47 migrants managed to swim to shore and alert the authorities. The UN says about 32,000 people...
Tags: Yemeni, Somalia, feared drowned, Gulf of Aden, UNHCR, forced overboard, refugees agency
Geneva :: Switzerland
| about 1 month ago
October 2008 Posted to the web 9 October 2008 Geneva A comprehensive assessment of the needs of refugees and other people cared for by the UN refugee agency in eight pilot countries has revealed some substantial and disturbing gaps that must be addressed,...
Tags: refugees agency, UNHCR
Brussels :: Belgium
| 2 months ago
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed a decision by the United Arab Emirates to resolve the situation of thousands of stateless people living there and voiced the hope that its neighbours do the same. According to the UN High Commissioner for...
Tags: European Union, Nepal Bar Association, iraqis refugees, The United Nations, UNHCR, UAE
Tehrān :: Iran
| 2 months ago
Mottaki Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday that the era of bullying powers and unilateralism is over and the international community can no longer tolerate such situation...Iran has hosted millions of refugees in the country over the...
Tags: Iranian, afghans refugees, Tehran, United Nations, foreign minister, UNHCR, Afghanistan, Manouchehr Mottaki, Antonio Guterres, registered afghans
Geneva :: Switzerland
| 4 months ago
Earlier this year the agency appealed for $63 million to support the refugee return programme, but it remains short of funds. The programme covers transportation costs as well as the provision of basic services such as clean water, health and education...
Tags: UNHCR, sudan refugees, S. Sudan, Southern Sudan
Damak :: Nepal
| 5 months ago
No injuries have been reported and police investigations are under way. UN World Food Programme, the organizations said they are "shocked and outraged by this senseless attack, which is aimed at undermining the humanitarian efforts by the UN agencies...
Tags: eastern nepal, UNHCR, IOM, Migration Office, Damak, international organization, aid refugees, bombs exploded, senseless attack, Nepal, Bhutan
Islamabad :: Pakistan
| 5 months ago
Whatever solution is found should ensure the country has a free and independent judiciary, she stressed. Arbour also expressed concerns over the government's support for negotiating peace deals with militants in restive tribal areas. This is while the...
Tags: Pakistani, Louise Arbour, human rights, peace deals, independence judiciary, UNHCR, U.N., judicial crisis
Dili :: East Timor
| 5 months ago
President Jose Ramos-Horta, who narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers earlier this year, said Thursday he was considering taking a new job as UN human rights chief. Ramos-Horta told members of parliament last week that he already...
Tags: Mr Ramos-Horta, human rights, Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timorese, UNHCR, Dr Ramos-Horta, Jose Ramos Horta, presidency jose, rights job, Alfredo Reinado, horta told
Mogadishu :: Somalia
| 5 months ago
Somalia, is well-known in Mogadishu as a humanitarian and human rights advocate. He and his family were displaced last year by the violence in the capital and were living in Ceelasha village, west of Mogadishu on the road to Afgooye. A statement from...
Tags: Somalia Mark Bowden, Mogadishu, UNHCR
