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1 In 10 Children Screened In UN Agency's Gaza Clinics Malnourished: Report
One in 10 children screened in clinics run by the United Nations refugee agency in Gaza since 2024 has been malnourished. Since January 2024, UNRWA said it had screened more than 240,000 boys and girls under the age of five in its clinics.
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Fresh Congo Rebel Violence Displaces 13,000: UN
Fresh fighting between rebels in the Republic of Congo and government forces has displaced an estimated 13,000 people, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
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3.7 Million Refugee Children Have No School To Go To: United Nations
Geneva: Fewer than half of the world’s some six million refugee children are in school, making them five times less likely to get an education than the global average, the United Nations warned on Thursday. A full 3.7 million school-aged refugee children have no school to go to, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report. “This represen...
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UN Urges Pakistan To Resolve Afghan Refugees' Status
A senior UN official has urged Pakistan to resolve the status of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan whose registration cards have expired or who remain unregistered.
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Sudan Urges More Support to Check Human Trafficking, Migration
A senior Sudanese official today called for more international support to check human trafficking and migration across Sudan's borders towards Europe, as EU and African leaders met in Malta to discuss the migration crisis.
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Alexis Tsipras, Visiting Lesbos, Says Greece Cannot Cope With Refugees
Greece's prime minister conceded today that the country was unable to cope with the thousands of migrants arriving daily on its shores, just days after saying that he was shamed by Europe's handling of the crisis.
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Slovenia to Use Army to Help Guard Border in Migrant Crisis
Slovenia's parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later today to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.
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Stuck on Lesbos, Afghans Demand Equal Treatment as Refugees
In cloistered meetings miles away from the combat zone, European governments have determined that Syrians fleeing their country's civil war should be given precedence over other exiles seeking refugee protection.
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Ai Weiwei And Anish Kapoor Walk Through London to Support Refugees
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor led a protest march through central London on Thursday to press for "human rather than political" responses to the refugee crisis.
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US 'Could And Should Do Much More' for Syrian Refugees - UNHCR
The United Nations refugee agency welcomed today an offer by Washington to take 10,000 Syrian refugees but said it was inadequate given the scale of the exodus of people fleeing war and persecution.
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'Montagnard' Refugees Emerge From Cambodia Jungle Hideout
Eight hill tribe 'Montagnards' have emerged from hiding in a remote Cambodian border area where they crossed from Vietnam to flee persecution, the United Nations Refugee Agency said today.
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1 In 10 Children Screened In UN Agency's Gaza Clinics Malnourished: Report
One in 10 children screened in clinics run by the United Nations refugee agency in Gaza since 2024 has been malnourished. Since January 2024, UNRWA said it had screened more than 240,000 boys and girls under the age of five in its clinics.
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Fresh Congo Rebel Violence Displaces 13,000: UN
Fresh fighting between rebels in the Republic of Congo and government forces has displaced an estimated 13,000 people, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
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3.7 Million Refugee Children Have No School To Go To: United Nations
Geneva: Fewer than half of the world’s some six million refugee children are in school, making them five times less likely to get an education than the global average, the United Nations warned on Thursday. A full 3.7 million school-aged refugee children have no school to go to, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report. “This represen...
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UN Urges Pakistan To Resolve Afghan Refugees' Status
A senior UN official has urged Pakistan to resolve the status of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan whose registration cards have expired or who remain unregistered.
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Sudan Urges More Support to Check Human Trafficking, Migration
A senior Sudanese official today called for more international support to check human trafficking and migration across Sudan's borders towards Europe, as EU and African leaders met in Malta to discuss the migration crisis.
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Alexis Tsipras, Visiting Lesbos, Says Greece Cannot Cope With Refugees
Greece's prime minister conceded today that the country was unable to cope with the thousands of migrants arriving daily on its shores, just days after saying that he was shamed by Europe's handling of the crisis.
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Slovenia to Use Army to Help Guard Border in Migrant Crisis
Slovenia's parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later today to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.
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Stuck on Lesbos, Afghans Demand Equal Treatment as Refugees
In cloistered meetings miles away from the combat zone, European governments have determined that Syrians fleeing their country's civil war should be given precedence over other exiles seeking refugee protection.
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Ai Weiwei And Anish Kapoor Walk Through London to Support Refugees
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor led a protest march through central London on Thursday to press for "human rather than political" responses to the refugee crisis.
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US 'Could And Should Do Much More' for Syrian Refugees - UNHCR
The United Nations refugee agency welcomed today an offer by Washington to take 10,000 Syrian refugees but said it was inadequate given the scale of the exodus of people fleeing war and persecution.
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'Montagnard' Refugees Emerge From Cambodia Jungle Hideout
Eight hill tribe 'Montagnards' have emerged from hiding in a remote Cambodian border area where they crossed from Vietnam to flee persecution, the United Nations Refugee Agency said today.
