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UN appeals for record $22bn in global aidThe world is facing a humanitarian crisis that will require a record $22.2 billion in funding for 2017 to support nearly 93 million of the most vulnerable and marginalized people, a UN office said as it launched a relief aid appeal. More… |
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Zain alliance to offer free wi-fi to refugees in JordanZain Group, a top mobile operator in the region, has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Facebook to provide free, open and high-speed wi-fi Internet to refugees in Jordan for five years. T More… |
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Prince Alwaleed, UNHCR hold talksPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, chairman of Alwaleed Philanthropies, received at his office in Riyadh António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Former Portuguese Prime Minister, who was ac More… |
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UNHCR plans for 1.4m Mediterranean refugees in 2015-6U.N. refugee agency UNHCR expects 1.4 million refugees to flee to Europe via the Mediterranean this year and next, it said in a revised appeal seen by Reuters on Thursday, a sharp rise from initial estimates of 850,000. "UNHC More… |
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700 migrants feared drowned in MediterraneanMore than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the last week, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. More… |
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700,000 Syrians could flee country: UNThe number of refugees fleeing Syria could reach 700,000 by the end of the year, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday, far surpassing its previous forecast of 185,000 reached in August. About More… |
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Refugee numbers ‘highest in 15 years’The number of people forced to flee their homes to escape war or abuse has risen to its highest for 15 years, with four out of five refugees in developing countries, the United Nations said on Monday. In all, there were 43.7 million displa More… |
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Saudi urged to stop deporting SomalisThe UN refugee agency has called on Saudi Arabia to halt expulsions of Somalis to Mogadishu, rebuking the oil-rich kingdom for deporting 2,000 in the past two months to the war-torn capital. "Given the deadly violence in Mogadishu, UNHCR i More… |
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Refugees in cities ‘raising risk of tensions’Half of the world's 10.5 million refugees are living in urban centres, driving up living costs and increasing the risk of tension with local populations, the UN refugee agency said on Monday. Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner More… |
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Iraq sends asylum seekers back to BritainIraq has barred entry to a group of Iraqi asylum seekers sent back to Baghdad by the British government, and Britain is now holding the refugees in an immigration detention centre, Iraqi and British officials said on Saturday. Sectarian ca More… |
