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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support internally displaced persons in Yemen

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed memorandum of understanding with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the internally displaced persons in Yemen. The $31-million MoU was signed on Sunday, at the Center's headquarters...

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In phone calls on migration crisis, Ban urges European leaders to 'be voice of those in need of protection'

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A child looks out of the window of a train near Gevgelija, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia....

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UNHCR applauds Austria and Germany as refugees march across Hungary

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Syrian children wearing colourful blankets provided by Austrian volunteers and other refugees at dawn wait patiently for...

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Europe's growing refugee and migration crisis on show in Hungary.

An angry confrontation between police and refugees on a blocked train just outside Budapest; a makeshift camp of stranded Syrians, Afghans and others at the capital's main railway station; more than 2,000 refugees crossing into the country from Serbia...

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