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A Call for Help: Refugees Risk Catching Covid-19 in Overcrowded Shelters
... asked both the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and IOM to provide us ... head of the UNHCR, Ann Maymann, recently said the UN agency had ... rupiahs to get tested for coronavirus, which refugees cannot afford. In Indonesia ...
19 May 2020 | 03:43 PM
UN Refers Saudi Teen to Australia for Refugee Resettlement
... consider resettling her if the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) deemed her a refugee. "The ... UNHCR has referred Ms. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun to Australia for consideration for ... declined to comment further. The UNHCR office in Thailand also declined ...
09 Jan 2019 | 03:00 PM
Rohingya Repatriation, Relocation Plans Set to Be Pushed Back to 2019: Govt Official
... by the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and the UN refugee agency and ... return and has asked the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to ensure those shortlisted to ... had not forced refugees to return and called for the repatriation plan ...
21 Nov 2018 | 11:59 PM
UN and Myanmar Agree Outline of Rohingya Return Deal, No Details
... to change that situation," the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement. Myanmar ... the voluntary repatriation of the refugees within two years but ... challenge for humanitarian agencies was to relocate 200,000 Rohingya refugees threatened ...
02 Jun 2018 | 03:00 AM
Bangladesh, UNHCR to Ink Preliminary Plan on Rohingya Repatriation
... out a framework for the voluntary repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar ... conditions are conducive to returns,"Â UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman Andrej Mahecic said. ... lay out that the UNHCR will vet all refugees being repatriated to ...
13 Apr 2018 | 06:00 AM
Myanmar's 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rohingya Continues, UN Rights Official Says
... Gilmour, the UN assistant secretary general for human rights, ... Gilmour spoke to refugees who recounted abductions by ... not seen the UN statement published on Tuesday ... Separately, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was concerned ...
07 Mar 2018 | 08:00 PM
UN Urges Australia to Take Responsibility for Refugees
... /02) to take responsibility for around 800 refugees and asylum seekers stranded ... , regional protection officer at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told journalists on Tuesday that ...
14 Feb 2018 | 10:00 PM
Indonesia Deports Vietnamese Asylum Seekers as Rights Group Cries Foul
... cooperate fully with the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) to allow asylum seekers ... country is party to the UN Convention Against Torture. "Under the ... the UNHCR's Refugee Convention, the government has allowed the UN body ...
14 Dec 2017 | 02:03 PM
UN Warns Against Any Hasty Returns of Rohingya to Myanmar
... 000, according to the UNHCR and International Organization of ... Myanmar's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, said on ... Council, where the top UN rights official said that ... group, although its Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements is holding talks ...
09 Dec 2017 | 11:00 AM
Bangladesh Says Agreed With Myanmar for UNHCR to Assist Rohingya's Return
... take help from the UN refugee agency to safely ... over whether the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would have a role ... provide "modular houses" for returnees. The UN and the United ... Bangladesh would seek the UN refugee agency's assistance ...
26 Nov 2017 | 08:00 AM
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