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A still from Against All Odds. © UNHCR

UN refugee agency releases computer game in English

7 November 2007
An English version of an award-winning United Nations online game aimed at raising awareness and knowledge about refugee situations by putting players in the position of a person forced to flee their home made its debut today.
António Guterres opens the meeting

UN refugee chief calls for new strategies to tackle global displacement

1 October 2007
With millions of people on the move around the world, the top United Nations refugee official today called for new strategies to tackle the causes, scale and complexity of global displacement and migration.

Deadly sea exodus from Somalia to Yemen gains momentum, UN reports

28 September 2007
The deadly drama involving people-smuggling across the Gulf of Aden continues apace, with at least 89 confirmed deaths and 154 missing and presumed dead so far this month as traffickers reportedly stabbed passengers, beat them with iron bars and plastic tubes and threw some overboard, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
Iraqi refugees in Sweden

UN refugee agency applauds new Nordic campaign to protect asylum seekers

26 September 2007
The United Nations refugee agency is supporting a new initiative by 20 Nordic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to persuade their Governments to review their policies towards asylum seekers fleeing generalized violence and armed conflict.

Flooding hampers UN humanitarian aid efforts for refugees in Chad

20 September 2007
Heavy rainy season downpours have left areas of eastern Chad flooded and seriously hampered efforts by United Nations and other aid agencies to help tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

UN agency launches appeal to aid refugees displaced by Lebanese fighting

4 June 2007
The main United Nations agency tasked with helping Palestinian refugees launched an appeal today for nearly $13 million to help the thousands of people who have had to flee the Nahr el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon because of deadly fighting.

UN refugee agency hails crews saving lives at sea, urges coastal States to do more

1 June 2007
Spotlighting the plight of people in distress trying to reach Europe by sea, the United Nations refugee agency today hailed the humanitarian response of some crews while urging Mediterranean States to respond more to calls for help.
Burundian refugees boarding plane at Kibondo

UN refugee agency begins assisting resettlement of Burundians in US

18 May 2007
With the assistance of the United Nations refugee agency, the first group of some 8,500 Burundians to be resettled in the United States today left a refugee camp in Tanzania, where they had taken refuge after fleeing mass violence 35 years ago.

UN refugee agency seeks urgent health care for Palestinians at Iraq border camp

15 May 2007
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is “highly concerned” over living conditions for hundreds of Palestinians who fled their homes in Baghdad to a camp near Iraq’s Syrian border, which has no healthcare and is vulnerable to a harsh climate.

UN agency and Syria agree on $2 million deal to give Iraqi refugees medical aid

1 May 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Government of Syria signed an agreement to provide the country – sheltering over one million Iraqi refugees – with $2.06 million to renovate hospitals, train medical staff and provide new medical equipment, including ambulances.