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UNHCR troubled by latest U.S. refugee resettlement cut

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is troubled by the U.S. decision, announced on November 2, to reduce, substantially and for the third consecutive year, the number of refugees it will admit for resettlement in the United States over the coming year.

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Somali refugees return home from Yemen in latest UNHCR-facilitated departure

More than 4,800 Somali refugees have now returned home from Yemen since UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commenced an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) programme in 2017. In the latest departure, a boat carrying 114 Somali refugees left the Port of Aden...

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‘Violence, atrocities and impunity’ reign throughout Libya, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council

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At the Qanfoodah Detention Centre in Benghazi, Libya, male Afrian detainees wait to be...

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Immediate action needed in South Asia to clean the air for children

“I was just in South Asia where I saw first-hand how children continue to suffer from the dire consequences of air pollution.

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