We aspire to break the Egyptian myth that the refugee movement is an Afro centric problem and that refugees are always African.

Who Caused the Refugee Crisis?

Many refugees have made Egypt their home and various refugee communities live amongst Egyptian, contributing to the Egyptian society.

He also invited all countries to take a humanitarian approach to refugees from that country, many of whom were women.

Welcoming the efforts exerted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to reunite refugees with their families,

Half of these refugees are children.

18. Recognizes the importance of achieving durable solutions to refugee problems and, in particular, the need to address in this process the root causes of refugee movements in order to avert new flows of refugees

Welcoming the efforts exerted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to reunite refugees with their families,

A lot has been written about refugees in the last two years. But rarely do we hear from the refugees themselves in more than just soundbites.

The Refugee Dilemma

Refugee Children.

A Long Term Plan for Syria s Refugees

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All of those refugees were Sunni Muslims.

2000 Training on the Rights of Refugees, organized by the UNHCR

Ms. Mtawali (United Republic of Tanzania) noted that the refugee situation in many African countries was characterized by large numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons, unpredictability, newly emerging refugee situations and underfunding.

A lot has been written about refugees in the last two years. But rarely do we hear from the refugees themselves in more than just soundbites.

While UNHCR works actively to counter abduction of children in refugee camps, it should be noted that abduction of refugees in urban settings is a bigger problem.

The Cairo Refugee Film Festival is an attempt to integrate refugees in their new host country

People believed were going to steal their property. The refugees were given a small camp for 80 families. Dirt poor.

Refugee Relief Programs (Iran Afghanistan border) surveying refugees' needs.

My name is Ahmed. I am an Afghan refugee from the Khyber agency.

The number of refugees in the graph includes Palestine refugees under the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East mandate.

Of these, 179,497 Sierra Leonean refugees returned with the assistance of UNHCR while 92,494 returned spontaneously.

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Refugee protection and assistance

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Protection of refugee children

(b) The pressure applied to prevent citizens of Uzbekistan with refugee status granted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from travelling to a third country

No UN sponsored refugee agency was established to help the refugees.

i UNHCR, Addressing Security Concerns without Undermining Refugee Protection UNHCR's perspective, November 2001.

Ahmad Shihabi A lot has been written about refugees in the last two years. But rarely do we hear from the refugees themselves in more than just soundbites.

UNHCR continues to facilitate the voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees from other parts of the subregion.

UNHCR is calling for urgent measures to avoid a social crisis resulting from the expected massive repatriation.

Project beneficiaries also included refugee camps in Pakistan.

19. Recognizes the large number of refugees in neighbouring countries, and calls upon the international community to consider providing further assistance in support of Afghan refugees

The care and maintenance programme for Liberian refugees has continued, along with voluntary repatriation to Liberia.

(l) The recent shelter given by the Sudan to new groups of refugees

Aware of the fact that the majority of refugees are children and women,

I didn t know any of the other refugees who were with me.

This resulted in the development of global resettlement planning tables to match resettlement needs with resettlement country targets or quotas.

Mobilizing resources for the reintegration of refugees and internally displaced persons