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UN Refugee Agency Knows Nothing About GITMO-2 Refugee Status

It is emerging that the UNHCR office in Ghana had no knowledge on the refugee status granted the two former Guantanamo...

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UNHCR Dismisses Claims By Liberian Refugees In Ghana

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, has clarified recent claims by some...

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Facts About Abraham Attah’s Role In Nollywood Movie

Popular Ghanaian teenage actor, Abraham Attah recently landed a role in an upcoming international cinema project by...

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UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal

The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle...

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Tanzanian Leader Urges Burundian Exiles To Go Home

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday called on Burundians who have fled their country to return home, after...

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20 Yemeni Civilians Reported Dead In Air Strike

An air raid in Yemen has killed at least 20 people mostly from the same family, the UN and witnesses said Wednesday,...

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20 Yemeni Civilians Killed In Air Strike

An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN...

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Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced

Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands...

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Rohingya Refugees May Stay In Bangladesh ‘for Some Time’

Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more...

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Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul

Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the...

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Syrians Displaced To the Coast Trickle Back To Aleppo

For years as fighting raged in Syria's Aleppo, property agent Saer Daqaq had fleeing residents knocking at the door of...

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Europe Migrant Crisis: EU Blamed For ‘soaring’ Death Toll

Amnesty International has blamed “failing EU policies” for the soaring death toll among refugees and migrants in...

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Migrant Influx To Europe Hits 100,000 In 2017

More than 100,000 migrants have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN said Tuesday, amid...

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Ghanaian Woman In South Africa Marches For Refugee Rights

A Ghanaian refugee in South Africa marched in a group with other refugees to the office of the UN High Commissioner...

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Sudan Defends Human Rights Record Against US Criticism

Sudan insisted on Saturday that it respected media and religious freedoms after the United States said it was "very...

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Nearly Half A Million Displaced Syrians Return Home

Nearly half a million displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, mainly to find...

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Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees

An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the...

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Somali Refugees Regret Returning Home From Kenya

As a teenager, Aden Hussein chose to become a refugee to get an education. With Somalia in collapse, he left his family...

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EU Pledges 85 Mn Euros To Uganda For S.Sudan Refugees

The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that amount...