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  UNHCR urges protection for civilians amid fresh fighting in DR Congo

  ©UNHCR/F.NoyCongolese children play outside a crude shelter in Mugunga III camp. People started fleeing the camp after artillery fire landed nearby.KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agen...
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  A Syrian in Greece: remembering better days, hoping to return one day

  © UNHCR/B.SzandelskyLeilah holds a photo album, the most important thing she managed to bring with her to Greece. It reminds her of happier times with her family and her missing husband back in Syria.ATHENS, Greece (UNHCR) â€&#...
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  Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million mark with many more expected

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  Syrian families continue to flee across borders. This photograph was taken at the Jordan border.
  GENEVA (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency announced on Friday that the number of Syrian civilians who h...
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  Myanmar relocates thousands of displaced people ahead of Cyclone Mahasen

  © UNHCR/M.MurphyDisplaced people in Khaung Doke Khar have been moved out of tents to nearby government shelters outside Sittwe, Rakhine stateYANGON, Myanmar  (UNHCR) – As Cyclone Mahasen approaches the coasts of ...
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  UN Goodwill Ambassador Jesús Vázquez visits Syrian refugees in Jordan

  © UNHCR/G.BealsGoodwill Ambassador Jesús Vázquez makes some new young Syrian friends at a registration centre in the Jordanian capital, AmmanZA'ATRI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan  (UNHCR)- Popular Spanish TV pres...