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UNHCR urges humane treatment for refugees, urges collective action on issue

Influx of refugees from FYR Macedonia to Serbia includes exhausted mothers with children resting in any kind of shade they can spot.

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UNHCR delivers aid to thousands in southern Libya as conflict rages

Women and a child from Misrata walk through a bombed out street. Thousands of families remain displaced in the city and elsewhere in Libya.

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Europe’s response to migrant crisis is not working, warns UN rights expert

Dozens of refugees arrived in Greece by sea in July 2015, mainly from countries experiencing war and conflict.

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Severe water shortages compound the misery of millions in war-torn Syria - says UNICEF

A young boy carries a jerrycan he just filled at a water tank built by UNICEF in the Tishreen camp for displaced persons in Aleppo, Syria.

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UNICEF supports children fleeing violence and on the move in Europe

UNICEF has established a child-friendly space with a mobile team near Gevgelija town, at the border with Greece to provide much needed support to women and children on the move through the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova firmly condemns the destruction of Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syria

The Director-General of UNESCO firmly condemns the destruction of the ancient temple of Baalshamin, an iconic part of the Syrian site of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Bernard GagnonPalmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syria

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UNHCR assists refugees at Greece-FYR Macedonia border, where calm is returning

The UN refugee agency has been helping refugees and migrants amid chaotic scenes in the past few days at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as thousands of people tried to cross into FYR Macedonia.