| 5th December 2006 |
Refugee All Stars remember their roots as they start to hit the big time
The Refugee All Stars are in great demand these days, but the group of Sierra Leonean musicians had not forgotten their pasts when they kicked off a small European tour in London this week. |
| 27th November 2006 |
UNHCR's awareness campaign reaches London after stops around the UK
UNHCR's stepped up awareness campaign in the United Kingdom (UK) came to London on Monday when the refugee agency opened a stand at a major international conference on race relations. |
23rd
August
2006 |
'The Refugee All Stars' to be screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Thursday 24 & 26 August
A moving film depicting the lives of a group of musicians forced to flee their homes during Sierra Leone's brutal decade-long (1991-2002) civil war for the protection of UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) camps will be screened this week at the Edinburgh Film Festival. |
12th
May
2006 |
Press Release - UNHCR: UK asylum system making progressThe Home Office continues to improve its determination of first instance asylum claims, a new UNHCR survey released today reports, but significant areas must still be addressed to substantially boost the efficiency and effectiveness of the process |
29th
March
2006 |
UNHCR mourns death of colleague from attack in south Sudan
UNHCR staff worldwide on Wednesday mourned the overnight death in Nairobi of a colleague who suffered severe wounds two weeks ago in an attack on the refugee agency's compound in Yei, south Sudan.
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20th
March
2006 |
Top Story: Top Business Executives Step Up Help to UN Refugee Agency
After their first trip to Africa to experience refugees’ needs first-hand, top executives of five of the world’s largest companies today pledged to use their business expertise to help the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) streamline its operations and stretch its funding to “do the right things in the field” to help the world’s refugees.
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17th
March
2006 |
Number of UK asylum applications at lowest level since 1993, says UNHCR
The number of people claiming asylum in the United Kingdom has fallen to its lowest level in 13 years, according to preliminary annual figures released today by the UN refugee agency.
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25th January 2006 |
UK opts out of EU push for minimum standards on removals
The UK government has decided not to opt in to the EU draft directive on return thereby significantly limiting its ability to participate in discussions to set minimum standards across the European Union on removal of third country nationals. Giving evidence today in the House of Lords, UNHCR stressed that harmonisation of standards within the EU is an important process in protecting the needs of persons of concern to UNHCR.
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