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 More than 60,000 Eritrean refugees have crossed the border into Ethiopia since the late 1990s. © UNHCR

UN welcomes Ethiopian policy to allow Eritrean refugees to live outside camps
Ethiopia has recently decided to take a new approach to Eritrean refugees by allowing them to live outside camps, a move welcomed by the United Nations refugee agency.

World must boost efforts to protect Somali civilians, UN expert says
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the international community to step up efforts to protect civilians in Somalia, where the world body is hoping to boost its presence in a bid to advance the peace process in the war-torn country.


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UNHCR welcomes first ratification of AU Convention for displaced
19 February 2010
T. Alexander Aleinikoff appointed Deputy High Commissioner
2 December 2009

African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

23 September 2009
UNHCR annual report shows 42 million people uprooted worldwide
16 June 2009
UNHCR concerned over return of Burundian refugees by Rwanda
3 June 2009
UNHCR deeply concerned over returns from Italy to Libya
7 May 2009
Thirty-five drown in latest
smuggling tragedy in the Gulf of Aden
23 April 2009
African Ministers Adopt Historic draft IDP Convention
13 November 2008
UNHCR needs more funds to help Southern Sudan refugees go home
17 July 2008

AU Donates US$ 600,000 To UNHCR’s Programmes In Four African Countries

22 January 2008
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