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In previous issues:
29/2/2008
A Record 2,000 Immigrants Crossed The Mediterranean Sea Last MonthTens Of Thousands Of Central Africans Hiding In Bush, UN Official Says
22/2/2008
Destruction In West Darfur Town Shocking, Reports UN Refugee Agency
15/2/2008
Latest Darfur Refugees Face Risks Along Chad Border
25/1/2008
Darfur crisis: Commissioner Michel visits refugee camps in Chad11/1/2008
UN Agencies Step Up Humanitarian Response As Kenyan Post-Election Tensions Ease
16/11/2007
Commission selects and support projects to tackle challenge of irregular migration.
Dr Congo: UNICEF And Its Partner Help Free Over 230 Children From Militia
9/11/2007
DR Congo: Cholera Spreads in North Kivu
27/10/2007
Migrants Endure Increasing Violence And Discrimination
29/6/2007
EU's biometric database continues to ensure effective management of the Common European Asylum System
At Least 56 Die As People Smuggling Resumes Across Gulf Of Aden
29/6/2007
UN Warns of Deteriorating Situation in West Darfur
13/7/2007
UN Agencies Warn Of Looming Disaster As Tensions Rise In Eastern Dr Congo
6/7/2007
Migrant deaths at sea: MEPs reiterate Member States' responsibilities
29/6/2007
Migration and asylum: new actions to co-operate with third countries
5/6/2007
Food Agency Airlifts Supplies To Sudanese in Central African Republic
27/4/2007
Agency Finds Palestinian Living Conditions Are Deteriorating
UN Refugee Chief Spotlights Water Access Issue During Visit To Camps In Darfur
20/4/2007
European Union Increases Contribution To UN Agency For Palestinian Refugees
15/4/2007
Nearly Three Dozen More Refugees Drown In Trying To Reach Yemen
23/3/2007
Camps in Darfur Nearing Maximum Capacity, UN Says
Nearly 14,000 Flee Burned-Out Town in New Fighting in Central African Republic
16/3/2007
60 million euros for Darfur and Chad
European Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
23/2/2007
European Aid for victims of conflict in Chechnya
Darfur: Daily Reports of Violence
16/2/2007
Commission Plans New Humanitarian Funding of over €10 M for Victims of Iraq Crisis
Irish Red Cross to Reunite Refugee Families in Ireland With Help of UNHCR
15/12/2006
Deadly militia attack against Palestinians in Baghdad
European Migration Policy Receives Funding
1/12/2006
Chad: UN Refugee Agency Airlifts Emergency Supplies After Looting of Warehouses
24/11/2006
The EU meets the entire African continent in Tripoli to launch a partnership on migration and development
10/11/2006
MEPs Approve Fund To Share Cost Of An Integrated Return Policy For Migrants
20/10/2006
UN Refugee Agency Suspends Repatriation Convoys To South Sudan Due To Violence
13/10/2006
EU key asylum law delayed
6/10/2006
UN Refugee Agency Wants to Help World’s 23 Million Internally Displaced
29/9/2006
'Severe’ violence in the Central African Republic forces almost 250,000 to flee
WPF: fears of funding crisis in DRC
22/9/2006
First Meeting of The Commission’s Task Force on Migration Produces Comprehensive Overview
UN Reports New People Smuggling Atrocities in Gulf of Aden
28/7/2006
Joint UN team to visit Ethiopia to assess reports of Somalis fleeing their country
21/7/2006
Rabat Document not Enough According to African Voices - By Anthony Pouliquen
Thousands Displaced By Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami
30/6/2006
Balkan countries must do more to help Roma, refugees and displaced people – UN report
16/6/2006
Louis Michel in Tanzania and Burundi
Nepal: Commission helps victims of conflict and Bhutanese refugees
UN casts spotlight on Sudan’s forgotten refugee crisis – not Darfur or South, but East
9/6/2006
Kyrgyz Government Urged Not to Return Uzbek Refugees Against Their Will
19/5/2006
DR of Congo Emergency Costing 1,200 Lives A Day
5/5/2006
UN Refugee Agency Regrets New Danish Immigration Rules
31/3/2006
Asylum, immigration and external borders: 21 new ARGO projects
UN agency condemns forced recruitment of Sudanese refugees in Chad
24/3/2006
Uzbekistan to Expel UNHCR
17/3/2006
Halving of Asylum Applications Since 2001 May be Caused by Increasingly Restrictive Asylum Policies, Says UNCHR
10/3/2006
Commission to strengthen refugee protection
24/2/2006
EU Common Asylum Policy Should Not Downgrade Standards Says UN Refugee Chief
Violence Sends Central Africans Fleeing Across Chad Border
17/2/2006
Commission moves to strengthen practical cooperation between Member States on asylum management
3/2/2006
New pacts pave way for return of 20,000 Sudanese and Congolese refugees – UN agency
27/1/2006
Attacks Send Refugees Fleeing To Chad, UN Agency Reports
13/1/2006
Agreement Clears Way For 70,000 Sudanese Refugees To Return
6/1/2006
Winter in Pakistani quake zone late but harsh, UN refugee agency says
2/12/05
UNHCR Concerned About Recent Adoption Of EU Asylum Directive
11/11/2005
New UN Repatriation Route Opens For 155,000 Congolese Refugees In Tanzania
7/10/2005
Commission deplores tragic events in Ceuta and Melilla
UN’s Top Refugee Official Says Fight Against Terrorism Must Not Infringe On Asylum
30/9/2005
UN Refugee Chief Says Increased Intolerance Threatens Asylum Principles
9/9/2005
Refugees Die In Gulf Of Aden: UN Chief Appeals For International Action
2/9/2005
Commission adopts major package of measures in the field of immigration and asylum  
22/7/2005
Refugees Begin To Return To North-Eastern DRC As MONUC's Operations Succeed
15/7/2005
WFP Appeals For $3 Million To Feed Refugees From Togo’s Violence  
1/7/2005
A New tool to deal with illegal immigration in the Mediterranean
Commission provides €1.05 million for Togolese refugees in Benin.
24/6/2005
Commission Pays Tribute To Courage Of Refugees
17/6/2005
Rape Is Most Common Form Of Violence In Internally Displaced Camp In Northern Uganda
10/6/2005
Floods Wreak Havoc In Horn Of Africa
3/6/2005
Commission helps returnees in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu (India 
27/5/2005
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Proposed As Next Un High Commissioner For Refugees
20/5/2005
Number Of Asylum Seekers Arriving In Industrialized Countries Continues To Fall
14/5/2005
UN Refugee Agency Urges Rethink Of EU Asylum Directive
18/3/2005
Italy And Switzerland Attract UNHCR's Concern
11/3/2005
Commission aid for the repatriation of Angolan refugees from Zambia
4/2/2005
Help for Tsunami Survivors Who Will Not Relocate From Ravaged Village
14/1/2005
Congolese Women And Children Flee Across Lake
10/12/2004
UN Appeals For Resettlement Of Stranded Kurd Refugees
26/11/2004
Darfur: 300,000 Displaced Persons Cut Off From All Aid Following Rebel Attack
UN Voices ‘Extreme Concern’ For Thousands Of Iranian Kurd Refugees In Iraq
19/11/2004
More Refugees Fleeing Into Uganda From Sudan
More Than $185 Million Sought To Aid Palestinians In 2005
12/11/2004
First European handbook on integration of immigrants
UN Refugee Agency Withdraws Staff From South Darfur Over Sudanese Restrictions
5/11/2004
Sudan Set For Further Violence As Government And Rebel Commanders Lose Control
1/10/2004
UN Helps Liberian Refugees Return To Their Homeland As Peace Takes Hold
10/9/2004
UN Food Aid Convoy Crosses The Sahara To Chad
3/9/2004
Angola: Commission provides humanitarian aid for repatriation of refugees
6/8/2004
Possibility Of Improvement In Darfur, Though Funds Are still Short
30/7/2004
UN Refugee Agency Concerned At Proposed Changes To Swiss Asylum Laws
UN Staff And Others Complete Three-Day Observer Mission To Darfur, Sudan
23/7/2004
Last Sierra Leonean Refugees Return Home As UN Closes Repatriation Programme
Civilian Protection Must Be Khartoum's Top Priority  
16/7/2004
New Housing And Integration Programme For Serbian War Refugees
Hunger Drives Darfur's Locals To Take Food Aid Meant For Displaced Sudanese
9/7/2004
Despite Khartoum Disarming Promise, Situation in Darfur Worsens Daily
UN Makes Ongoing Efforts To Repatriate Angolan Refugees
Congolese Refugees Return To Assess Home Villages And Property
2/7/2004
Once World's Largest Refugee Camp in Ethiopia Closes Gates
Kofi Annan Promises Protection During Visit To Darfur Refugee Camps
25/6/2004
Congolese Flee To Burundi
18/6/2004
Number Of Refugees Reaches 10-Year Low
"Security Council Must Strengthen Efforts To Protect Civilians During War"
11/6/2004
Refugees Fleeing Fighting In DRC Enter Burundi
90,000 Sudanese Refugees Evacuated From Chad Border
4/6/2004
Numbers Of Asylum Seekers Fall Again
Thousands Of Refugees Hurry Home To Sierra Leone Before UN Repatriation Programme Ends
28/5/2004
European Commission Allocates € 35.16 Million For Humanitarian Aid In Afghanistan
21/5/2004
Ugandan LRA Militants Increasingly Attack Civilians
14/5/2004
Destruction Mounts In Gaza
Humanitarian Crisis Worsens As Militias Continue Their Attacks On Civilians In Darfur 
UN Calls For End To 'Persecution' Of Refugees Escaping Hunger In DPR Of Korea
7/5/2004
Angolans Return Home To Peace – And Hunger
30/4/2004
European Asylum Legislation Could Breach International Law, Says UN
UN Airlifts Stranded Liberian Refugees
UN Maps Scale Of Humanitarian Crisis In Darfur As Peacekeeping Approaches Debated
23/4/2004
Army Of Child Soldiers Commits Atrocities In Uganda
Impending Crisis In Southwest Dr Of Congo, UN Relief Officials Warn
16/4/2004
Further Half Million Afghans Due To Return From Iran
UNHCR 'Very Concerned' As Iraqis Are Displaced By Fighting
9/4/2004
25 Million Displaced People Still In Need Of Protection And Aid
2/4/2004
Algeria Family Visits Great Success
Ministers Agree On Common EU Asylum Policy
26/3/2004
Refugee Agency Relocates Largest Number Of Sudanese In Single Day
Liberia: UN Refugee Agency Scrambles To Help Spontaneous Returnees
5/3/2004
UNHCR Appeals For Funds For Refugee Operations In Chad
Millions Of Africa's Refugees Now Face Chance To Go Home
27/2/2004
Uganda Refugee Camp Massacre
20/2/2004
Humanitarian Chaos Continues On Sudan's Border
13/2/2004
Major Increase To European Refugee Fund Proposed
Refugees In Burundi And Tanzania To Benefit From New European Aid
Relocating In Sandstorms: The Plight Of Sudanese Refugees
30/1/2004
EU Should Process Asylum Applications Centrally Says UNHCR
UN Agencies Appeal As Crisis Grows In Chad
9/1/2004
Sudanese Refugees Report Continued Killings, Lootings By Arab Militias
18/12/2003
Tragic Feuding Among Refugees Leaves Dozens Dead In Ethiopia
12/12/2003
EU Commissioner Nielson deplores the announced closure of another refugee camp in Ingushetia (Russian Federation)
EUR 9.5 million for victims of conflict in Chechnya
5/12/2003
Russians Become Biggest Group Of Asylum Seekers - UN Refugee Agency Data
21/11/2003
Spain Warned Over Conditions For Asylum Seekers In Ceuta
7/11/2003
Sudan Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis In 15 Years
UNICEF Says Guinea Becoming Refuge For West African Child Refugees

31/10/2003
Commission hosts a conference in Brussels on the European Refugee Fund
3/10/2003
UN Agency Warns EU On 'Safe Country' Proposals For Refugees
29/8/2003
UN Official Urges Top Priority For Repair Of Refugee Return Centres In Angola
11/7/2003
UN Refugee Agency Plans To Launch $14 Million Appeal For Seven African Countries
4/7/2003
Iraq Too Volatile For Refugee Returns
UN Helps Evacuate First Group Of Refugees From Liberia
27/6/2003
More Afghan Refugees Go Home
Refugees Drop 14 Per Cent In 2002
13/6/2003
Liberia: UN Relief Agencies Work In 'Chaotic' Security Situation To Gain Ground
Commission proposes migratory flow assistance to third countries
6/6/2003
European Commission to Support Round Table Conference on Liberia
UN Concerned Over ‘Voluntariness’ Of Burundians Repatriating From Tanzania
16/5/2003
Sierra Leone: New Stability Encourages Return Of Refugees
UN Focus On Problem Of Iraqi Refugees
Pakistan And Afghanistan Discuss Return Of Afghan Refugees
9/5/2003
UN Refugee Agency ‘Very Worried’ Over Sanitation In Flood-Hit Kenyan Camps
2/5/2003
Thousands Of Somali Refugees Left Homeless By Kenyan Floods
18/4/2003
Italian Woman Named Recipient Of UN Refugee Award For Work With Somalis
11/4/2003
Liberia: UN Agencies Struggling to Assist Refugees
3/4/2003
Commission Allocates EUR 6 Million Aid To Tamils
More Liberians Cross Into Guinea
28/3/2003
UN Agency Appeals For Côte D'ivoire Funding
Spread Of Liberian Conflict Worries UN Agencies
21/3/2003
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Surge In Returnee Deaths
Chad: Central African Refugees Harassed
7/3/2003
In Iran, UN Official Pledges Help With Refugee Influx If Iraq War Cannot Be Avoided
28/2/2003
Attention On Iraq Could Overshadow Afghan Refugee Needs
17/1/2003
Ethiopia: Improved Security Enables UN Agency To Visit Refugee Camp Rocked By Violence
10/1/2003
Clashes In West Worsening Humanitarian Situation In Côte D'ivoire
20/12/2002
Population Displacement, Humanitarian Crisis Continues In Côte D'ivoire
UN Officials Urge Greater Protection For World's Migrants
13/12/2002
As Temperatures Drop In Pakistan, UN Distributes Blankets To Afghan Refugees
29/11/2002
Statement by Commissioner Nielson on Chechnya
8/11/2002
EU Contributions Help To Alleviate Palestinian Acute Humanitarian Crisis.
1/11/2002
World's Migrant Population Hits 175 Million
25/10/2002
UN Refugee Agency Says Funding Crisis May Force Cuts In Operations
18/10/2002
Renewed Fighting Drives 3,000 Liberian Refugees Into Sierra Leone
4/10/2002
Governments Endorse "Agenda For Protection" For Refugees
Côte D'ivoire: UN Agency Scrambles To Find Shelter For Refugees Fleeing Violence
Commission provides EUR 11 million to support UNHCR
UN Refugee Agency Concerned Over Austria's New Asylum Policy
27/9/2002
Two Million At Risk In Afghanistan This Winter, Un Warns
13/9/2002
Attacks Continue on Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
New UN Refugee Statistics Show Global Drop In Number Of Asylum Seekers
30/8/2002
Looming Food Shortages Face Western Sahara Refugees
2/8/2002
UN Pledge Support For DRC-Rwanda Peace Agreement
Severe Conditions Face Refugees Returning To Angola
19/7/2002
UNHCR To Assist with Steps Leading to Sangatte Closure
Assisted Repatriation Should Be Offered To All Afghans Say UNHCR
28/6/2002
Mary Robinson Calls On European Countries To Portray Migrants Fairly
21/6/2002
UNHCR Releases 2001 Global Refugee Statistics
Commission Adopt Modified Asylum Proposal
Commission Allocates Further EUR 9.25 million in Humanitarian Aid for Afghanistan
One Million Afghans Have Gone Home
14/6/2002
Conditions Continue Grim for Somali Refugees in Northern Kenya
WFP, UNHCR Appeal for More Resources
7/6/2002
Refugees Die in Northern Kenya
Fighting and Instability Continues to Displace Populations in Liberia
31/5/2002
New Statistics Show Europe Not Being Deluged By 'Bogus' Asylum-Seekers
Refugee Ferry Named After Pavarotti's Father as Armani Made Goodwill Ambassador
19/4/2002
Disregard of Humanitarian Law is Never Justified
12/4/2002
UNHCR Commences Repatriating Afghan Refugees From Iran
New Commission Aid to Refugees and Displaced Persons
15/3/2002
Nansen Award For Captain, Crew And Owner Of "Tampa"
8/3/2002
WFP Appeals for $56 Million to Sustain Peace in West Africa
Draft German Refugee Law Paves Way for EU Harmonisation, say UNHCR
Thousands of Afghan Refugees Now Returning Home
22/2/2002
As Some Afghans Return to Their Homes Others Are Driven Out
15/2/2002
Jalozai Shuts
Commission Bargains Residence Rights for Information
8/2/2002
Modest Growth of Asylum Applications in Most of the European Union in 2001
1/2/2002
Refugees from the Mountains Make it to Pakistan
Tens of Thousands of Liberians Displaced by New Fighting

25/1/2002
Danish Refugee Proposals Worry UNHCR
18/1/2002
Central and Eastern Europe Now a Destination for Asylum Seekers
11/1/2002
UN Creates New European Based Unit For Internally Displaced Persons
Home Coming:A Promise of Return to Normality
21/12/2001
UN Calls for International Treaty to Protect Rights of Migrants
14/12/2001
Conference To Reaffirm Commitment to 1951 Refugee Convention
7/12/2001
Afghan Refugees Return As Security Conditions Stabilise
30/11/2001
World's Ministers Will Chart Future of Refugee Protection say UNHCR
16/11/2001
New Aid Route Opens as Humanitarian Staff Re-enter Afghanistan
9/11/2001
Asylum Applications On The Increase
2/11/2001
Spin Boldak is not a Place to Which People Willingly Return
UN Agencies Face Continuing Difficulties Providing Food and Shelter
26/10/2001
Thousands More Refugees Enter Zambia
12/10/2001
Afghan Donor Appeal is Over-subscribed, But Delivery is the Problem.
Lubbers Warns Against Linking Refugees to Terror and Crime
5/10/2001
Refugees Flee from Continuing Angolan Fighting

21/8/2001
Security Force Needed to Replace NATO Mission Says UNHCR
7/9/2001
UNHCR Appeals For International Security Arrangement In The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
31/8/2001
Ninety Dollars and Some Wheat, All Wrapped Up In A Plastic Sheet
3/8/2001
Airlift Supports CAR Refugees in DR Congo
27/7/2001
Anti-Afghan Riots in Iran Worry UNHCR
UNHCR Disturbed by Ethnic separation in the FYR of Macedonia
13/7/2001
Afghan Refugees Face Increasing Discrimination and Hostility, say UNHCR
New German Thinking on Asylum and Immigration Praised by UN
6/7/2001
UNHCR Cautious as FYR Macedonian Refugees Begin to Trickle Home
Refugees Continue to Flee Central African Republic After Coup Attempt
22/6/2001
Leaders Call for Respect on First Ever World Refugee Day
15/6/2001
UNHCR: A Time of Frustration in the Balkans
1/6/2001
Eritrea:A Hungry and Uncertain Homecoming Awaits Returning Refugees
Macedonia: UNHCR Concerned at the Fate of Would-be Refugees
25/5/2001
Fighting in Senegal's Casamance Province Drives Thousands to Gambia
Lubbers Argues For New Approaches to the Problems of Internal Displacement
18/5/2001
21 Million People Worldwide 'Of Concern' To UN Refugee Agency In Year 2000
11/5/2001
Difficult Days For UNRWA as Hansen Makes Another Palestinian Appeal
4/5/2001
Please Stop The Fighting! The Refugee Budget Can't Afford It!
Humanitarian Situation in Sierra Leone Improving But Worsening Elsewhere
At Long Last the Evacuation Gets Under Way
20/4/2001
Anglo-French Visit to Sierra Leone and Guinea
Seven Killed in Kenyan Refugee Camp
13/4/2001
Guinea: For the Refugee Returning Home is Not Easy By Peter Sain ley Berry
Anti-Serb Attacks in Bosnia Alarm UNHCR
For the Rural Communities of Afghanistan - the End Draws Near
6/4/2001
Commission Proposes Minimum Standards Of Reception For Those Seeking Asylum In The EU
For Afghan Refugees, Rain Brings Only More Misery
30/3/2001
UNHCR Calls for $65 million for West Africa, $24 million for Eritrea
UNHCR Worker Murdered In Democratic Republic Of Congo
23/3/2001
Lubbers Links Human Rights and Refugees
UN Food Stocks Looted In Parrot's Beak Town
16/3/2001
New Angolan Fighting Sends Families Fleeing to DRC
Funding Shortage Undermining Stabilising Work of Middle East Agency, Donor Conference Told
Guinea: Situation in Parrot's Beak Remains Confused
Pavarotti to Sing for Afghanistan
9/3/2001
Dayaks and Madurese: An Ethnic Conflict Spirals Out of Control
Children, Conflict And Asylum
Tanzanian Refugees in Kenya Go on Hunger Strike
Global Consultations On Refugee Protection Begin
2/3/2001
Zambia: 80,000 Face Hunger as Rains Threaten to Make Roads Impassable
Guinea: UNHCR Breakthrough in the Parrot's Beak
23/2/2001
Success Attends Lubbers West African Mission as Safe Access Plan is Approved
In Regard to Migrants Robinson Expresses Concern About Fortress Europe Mentality
A Million at Risk of Famine, 300 Massacred
New Refugee Crisis Erupts in East Africa
16/2/2001
Ruud Lubbers Urges Co-operation During Guinea Visit
9/2/2001
Guinea: Aid Still Denied to Parrot's Beak
2/2/2001
Afghanistan: 100 Freeze to Death as Talks Stutter
Guinea: Situation Continues Dire as UNHCR Are Forced Again to Cut-Back Operations
26/1/2001
DR Congo: Inter-Ethnic Clashes Exacerbate Critical Humanitarian Situation
In Guinea Half a Loaf is Better than No Bread
Afghanistan: By a Cold, Grey Mountain River New Born Triplets Die

19/1/2001
Guinea: Relief Operations Again Disrupted
12/1/2001
Radio Operator Missing
Guinea: 250,000 Refugees in 'Urgent Need'
Children Dying of Cold in Afghan Camps
5/1/2001
High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers Assumes Duties In Geneva
UN Staff Return to Afganistan to Face Worsening Refugee Problem
Guinea Provides Baptism of Fire as Former Dutch Prime Minister Takes Over at UNHCR

22/12/2000
Sadako Says Farewell to her Staff in Geneva.
European Parliament Reaffirms Full Support for UNHCR
Against UN Advice, The Security Council Votes to Tighten Sanctions against the Taliban
15/12/2000
HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNHCR!
UNHCR Warns Of Humanitarian Crisis in Guinea
Russia and the US Threaten Afghan Refugees
8/12/2000
Refugees Again Under Attack in Guinea
European Commission Grants Further EUR 2.6 Million In Humanitarian Assistance
1/12/2000
War Kills 1.7 Million in Eastern Congo
Donors respond to UN calls for Assistance to Chechnya
24/11/200
Afghan King may Leave Italy and Return
Please go to the Gate: Your Flight is Going Home
17/11/2000
Pakistan Closes Afghan Border: 'Set up Camps in Afghanistan' UNHCR Told
10/11/2000
Fuel Shortage Hits Refugee Supplies
3/11/2000
Serbia: Refugees and Agencies Face Another Hard Winter
Afghanistan Hovers On The Brink
27/10/2000 
Afghan religious minorities targeted as Taliban spread eastwards. 
20/10/2000 
Afghanistan: Still in the thrall of war and pestilence
6/10/2000
Sadako Ogata Addresses Her Final Executive Committee
European Commission Grants EUR 32.5 million to UNHCR
22/9/2000
Guinea in chaos