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Refugees and migrants on Western Balkans route at increasing risk – UNHCR

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Syrian refugees try to reach the Greek border in an effort to continue their trip to central Europe.

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Children under threat from renewed violence in eastern Ukraine

At least 68 children are reported to have been killed and 180 injured since March last year as a result of conflict in eastern Ukraine, UNICEF said on June 12. While no children were reportedly killed in the latest escalation near the town of Mariinka...

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Kuwait gives US$121 million to help fund UNHCR's Syria crisis response

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António Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, holds the cheque he has just received from Abdullah Al-Matouq, advisor...

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UNESCO celebrates 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and decide on future priorities

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