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Iraqi refugees in Egypt still suffer from ambiguous legal status
Yassin Gaber
Heba Afify
31 Mar 2013
Abu Hussein, an Iraqi refugee, is reticent to speak of his experiences in Egypt — most refugees are. He regards...
A Syrian child stands next to a deactivated bomb in his house, in the northern Syrian town of Taftanaz, in the Idlib province, 9 November 2012. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his future could only be decided at the ballot box and denied Syria was in a state of civil war, despite fresh attacks and heavy fighting near the Turkish border.
UN says Syrian refugee numbers could triple by end of 2013
Reuters 10 Mar 2013
The number of refugees outside Syria could triple by the end of the year from the 1 million registered now if there is...
Tamam, Mouna and Hinan and these two children are Syrian refugees living temporarily at Al-Amayed School in Wadi Khaled, Lebanon.
United Nations: More than 40,000 Syrians in Egypt
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Oct 2012
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee estimated on Sunday that more than 40,000 Syrians have fled to Egypt....
Journalists wait at al-Rawda Square, near a road that leads to the national security building, after access to the area was blocked, Damascus, 18 July 2012. Syria's defence minister Daoud Rajha and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat were killed in a Damascus suicide bomb attack carried out by a bodyguard on Wednesday, the most serious blow to Assad's high command in the country's 16-month-old rebellion.
5,000 Syrians flee to Jordan in three days, charity says
AFP 24 Jul 2012
More than 5,000 Syrians fled to Jordan over the past three days to escape escalating bloodshed in their homeland, a...
Jordan opens new refugee camp for Syrians
AP 10 Jul 2012
MAFRAQ, Jordan — Jordan opened a new refugee camp Tuesday near the border with Syria to accommodate the growing...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (R) visits the Choucha refugee camp, near the Tunisian border town of Ras Jdir,March 8, 2011. The Red Cross and the United Arab Emirates plan to build two new camps on Tunisia's border with Libya in anticipation of a fresh arrival of refugees, an aid official said. An estimated 100,000 mainly foreign migrants have crossed from Libya into Tunisia since February 20, Tunisian officials said. Many have been repatriated in an international effort but thousands remain in temporary camps facing growing problems of hygiene.
UN agency releases new estimate of refugees in Egypt
DPA 16 Nov 2011
The total number of refugees and asylum-seekers registered at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office...
Dadaab camp, Kenya
Special from Kenya: The crisis that keeps on giving
Mohamed Elmeshad 30 Aug 2011
DADAAB, Kenya - Omar Ali, a shepherd from southwest Somalia, sat with his five kids at the entrance of the UNHCR...
North African migrants fleeing Libya arrive at a port in southern Sicily village of Porto Empedocle, March 27, 2011. This is first such group to reach Europe since uprising started against Muammer Gaddafi. Three boats carried around 800 people -- mostly Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalians -- and were taken to the tiny outcrop of Linosa close to the larger island of Lampedusa where thousands have been arriving from Tunisia.
UNHCR: Egyptian workers returning from Libya pose economic challenge
Mary Joseph 04 Apr 2011
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres expressed concern last week about how the refugee crisis in Libya...
Sudanese women, Juba, 10 January, 2011.
Sudanese protests force UNHCR to close Cairo office
Steven Viney
Alastair Beach
02 Apr 2011
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has closed its head office in Egypt until further notice due...
Egyptians return home from the Sallum border crossing with Libya, February 23, 2011 as they flee the political turmoil in the midst of an insurrection against Moamer Kadhafi's regime.
UNHCR fears civilians may be prevented from fleeing Libya
Omnia Al Desoukie 04 Mar 2011
The number of civilians fleeing Libya to Tunisia has dropped significantly since Wednesday afternoon, according to the...