Top Story: Fighting forces more Somalis to flee Mogadishu, pushing number of displaced to almost 170,000

GENEVA, June 26 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said it was "gravely concerned" about spiralling violence and the worsening displacement crisis in Somalia, where almost 170,000 people have fled the capital Mogadishu since a fresh wave of fighting erupted in early May.

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22 June Pakistan Cricket Team launches Fast4Swat campaign to raise funds for victims of conflict

The innovative Fast4Swat fundraising campaign aimed at raising awareness and much needed funds for the more than 2 million people who have been displaced in recent months by fighting in northern Pakistan has received backing from leading members of the Pakistan Cricket Team, winners of the Twenty20 World Cup.

20 June Angelina Jolie releases new video to draw attention to the plight of the world's refugees

This World Refugee Day, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angleina Jolie remins us to take time to remember refugee's on this day and to repsect refugees' struggle

17 June UNHCR returns to Calais to provide migrants, refugees with information

CALAIS, France, June 17 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has been sending staff from its Paris office on a weekly basis to Calais, where hundreds of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, are living in squalid settlements hoping to cross to the United Kingdom.

12 June Living in Exile: UNHCR presents photographs by young Iraqis in Syria

In conjunction with Refugee Week activities across the UK, from 13th to 6th July St-Martin-in-the-Fields hosts a photographic exhibition, Living in Exile, an intimate portrayal of the experiences of young Iraqi refugees amidst an uncertain future in Syria.

10 June UNHCR mourns loss of staff member killed in Pakistan bombing
UNHCR staff mourn their colleague, Aleksandar Vorkapic, who was killed in the bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

08 June Thousands more on the move in Pakistan
The lifting of a curfew allows more Pakistanis to flee as UNHCR prepares new camps to shelter them.

02 June Newly displaced Pakistani civilians report grim conditions in Swat Valley
For nearly a month, they've sheltered in basements eking out a living on spinach and naan bread. They have watched as shells destroyed their homes or those of their neighbours.

27 May Generous Pakistani civilians donate food, other aid and cash to displaced

Pakistanis dig into their pockets to help the hundreds of thousands of compatriots forced to flee their homes in the north-west of the country.

45,000 Somalis flee Mogadishu in past two weeks

22 May Intense fighting between government forces and opposition groups erupted in several areas of north-west Mogadishu earlier this month.

Flood of displaced civilians in Pakistan surpasses 1.45 million
19 May In northern Pakistan's massive displacement crisis, the number of people who have fled fighting in the north-west surges to 1.45 million.

Guterres ends mission to Pakistan as number of displaced surpasses 1 million

18 May UN refugee chief António Guterres concludes a three-day mission to Pakistan in which he called for urgent and massive international help for more than 1.17 million people uprooted by recent fighting in the north-west of the country.