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Mohammed - Refugee Teacher Somalia

Mohammed

By On March 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Mohammed has been a teacher for more than 10 years at Al Kalam primary and secondary school in Baidoa, some 155 miles west of Mogadishu.

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Short on food and water in Malian Refugee Camp (video)

By On July 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Video: CNN’s Erin Burnett recently interviewed UNHCR staff about the Malian Refugee Camps. Here’s what they had to say about the current situation.

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South Sudan: A journey back into the future

By On July 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

by Greg Beals in Juba, South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan, July 12 (UNHCR) – The returnees board the dozen or so buses bound for their ancestral home – a village called Torit. They are for the most part women and children. Some are jubilant, others are apprehensive. Some sing as their vehicles leave the South Sudan [...]

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TEDx Video: James Milner – Integrative Thinking and Solutions for Refugees

By On February 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In this video from TEDx Rideau Canal, James Milner advocates an integrative approach to solving the plight of 15 million refugees who wait on average 18 years in refugee camps.

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From “Yes we can” to “Not again,” two-time refugee loses hope amid Sudan fighting

By On November 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

John hails from Sudan’s Blue Nile state. In 1987, his family was driven out by civil war. In 2011, he fled again amid new turmoil and worries about his elderly parents who once saved his life.

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Why Do It? An Interview with a UNHCR Staff Member

By On April 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Experienced UNHCR staff member Astrid Van Genderen Stort recently completed a three week emergency mission on the Egyptian border where over 5,000 people were stranded, having fled the growing conflict in Libya.

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Diary from the Field: Impressions from the Tunisian-Libyan border [Part 3] from Andrew Purvis

By On March 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

UNHCR‘s Andrew Purvis is on the Libyan border, gathering reports   about what is going on inside Libya and what is happening with the people who have already fled.

There is a line for everything here: for food, for the return of your passport, for water and the latrines, for access to [...]

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