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UNHCR urges governments to continue high seas live-saving operations

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Fishing boats head out into the Bay of Bengal. UNHCR fears thousands could be stranded on smugglers' boats and in need of...

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UNHCR chief visits Somali port of Kismayo, meets refugee returnees

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High Commissioner Guterres meets refugee returnees to discuss the challenges they have faced since leaving Kenya and settling...

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Georgian president: Russia gains more from working with Europe than from attacking its neighbours

How should the EU interact with its neighbours to the east? Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili shared his views when he joined the foreign affairs committee on 11 May to discuss the Eastern Partnership ahead of the summit in Riga on 21-22 May....

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Ahead of humanitarian pause, Yemen sees ‘deadliest’ week of fighting – UN

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Children play as a donkey cart passes destroyed buildings in the Al-Ora's neighbourhood of Zinjibar,...

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