| 18th January 2006 |
Pakistan government registers quake survivors in camps
Supported by the UN refugee agency, the Pakistan government is registering people in earthquake relief camps to provide a comprehensive profile of camp populations and movements. This information will prove very useful not just for aid distribution but also for reconstruction and rehabilitation. |
| 17th January 2006 |
Egypt allows more time for UNHCR to interview detained Sudanese
UNHCR has received assurances from Egyptian authorities that hundreds of Sudanese still detained following a tragic confrontation in a Cairo park last month will not be deported while the agency continues individual assessments of each of them.
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| 13th January 2006 |
UNHCR lends woman's touch to Pakistan's relief camps
UNHCR is setting up women's committees as a way to overcome cultural obstacles and discover the needs of the women living in the camps set up in northern Pakistan for survivors of the 8 October earthquake. |
| 9th January 2006 |
UNHCR warm clothes put smiles on faces of quake-hit children
As winter tightens its grip on the earthquake-affected mountainous areas near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the UN refugee agency's community services staff are distributing warm clothing to vulnerable young earthquake survivors.
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| 5th January 2006 |
UNHCR begins interviews of Sudanese detainees in Cairo
UN refugee agency staff on Thursday began interviewing more than 600 Sudanese who have been held in three detention centres on the outskirts of Cairo since last week. |
| 3rd January 2006 |
Teenagers celebrate New Year in Burundi after returning home from Rwanda
Two teenage Burundian refugees are celebrating the New Year back home in Burundi with their families after returning from half a year unaccompanied in exile in Rwanda.
Two teenage Burundian refugees are celebrating the New Year back home in Burundi with their families after returning from half a year unaccompanied in exile in Rwanda. |
| 30th December 2005 |
A special New Year for Afghan couple in Chile after long separation
Hassan and Marzia are getting ready to spend a very special New Year's Eve – their first together after a ten-year separation. For this young Afghan couple, reunited in Chile in August, the New Year arrives in the midst of their second honeymoon.
Press release:UNHCR shocked, saddened over Cairo deaths
Geneva, December 30 (UNHCR)- UNHCR expressed deep shock and sadness Friday over a violent confrontation in Ciro between Egyptian police and Sudanese protesters that left several people dead and injured.
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| 28th December 2005 |
UNHCR hands over first orthopaedic bed from Brad Pitt to Islamabad hospital
The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences today received the first of 40 orthopaedic beds donated by actor Brad Pitt through UNHCR. The beds will help earthquake victims with spinal injuries by preventing bed- and pressure-sores, and will hopefully inspire funding of rehabilitation and vocational training.
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