http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_RefugeesFind stories, videos, and photos about United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:40:29 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees14433Find stories, videos, and photos about United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/27/uganda.refugee.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/27/uganda.refugee.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextRefugees at a settlement in southwestern Uganda have barricaded all roads into the camp to protest a food-aid disruption they say has caused the deaths of several children, refugee leaders said Tuesday.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:44:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20309917,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20309917,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnJolie, a UN goodwill ambassador, urges the public not to forget Iraqi refugeesSat, 03 Oct 2009 16:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/25/somalia.kenya.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/25/somalia.kenya.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe civil warfare and social instability in Somalia have prompted the flight of more than 50,000 refugees to neighboring Kenya this year alone, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/21/italy.migrants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/21/italy.migrants/index.html#cnnSTCTextUp to 75 migrants are missing and feared dead after a harrowing 20-day journey from northern Africa to Europe, a United Nations agency said Friday.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/28/somalia.yemen.flee/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/28/somalia.yemen.flee/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu is forcing thousands of people to "risk their lives to cross the Gulf of Aden and seek asylum in Yemen," the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/23/iraq.jolie/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/23/iraq.jolie/index.html#cnnSTCTextActress Angelina Jolie walked through a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of Baghdad on Thursday, where 20,000 Iraqis live, unable to return to their homes because of sectarian violence.Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.displaced.return/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.displaced.return/index.html#cnnSTCTextA trickle of Pakistanis who fled their homes during the fighting in the country's volatile northwestern region have begun returning under a government operation, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/19/monsoon.season.weather/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/19/monsoon.season.weather/index.html#cnnSTCText"Refugees are the most vulnerable people on Earth. They are fighting to survive." -- Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees goodwill ambassadorSat, 20 Jun 2009 03:53:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286065,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286065,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe U.N. Goodwill Ambassador joins Darfur school kids in honoring refugeesFri, 19 Jun 2009 11:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/pakistan.refugees.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/pakistan.refugees.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly a half-billion dollars in "urgent contributions" are needed, the United Nations said Friday to aid displaced Pakistanis whose numbers are nearing 2 million.Fri, 22 May 2009 22:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/22/colombia.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/05/22/colombia.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTextImagine the entire population of Kentucky forced out of their homes in the past 25 years, with many of the residents moving to a neighboring country.Fri, 22 May 2009 15:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/pakistan.refugees.camps/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/pakistan.refugees.camps/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is sending $100 million in aid to Pakistan to help alleviate the plight of the estimated 2 million people displaced by the offensive against Taliban extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday.Tue, 19 May 2009 20:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani security forces battling Taliban militants in the volatile Swat Valley killed between 45 and 55 of the fighters over the last 24 hours, the military said Saturday.Tue, 12 May 2009 02:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' refugee agency warned Friday of a "massive displacement" of civilians as Pakistan's military broadens its offensive against Taliban militants in the country's troubled northwest.Sun, 10 May 2009 02:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/sri.lanka.india/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/sri.lanka.india/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo senior Indian officials met with the Sri Lankan president Friday in Colombo to address the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn island nation.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American U.N. worker kidnapped in Pakistan more than two months ago has been freed, officials said.Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/31/libya.migrants.plight/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/31/libya.migrants.plight/index.html#cnnSTCTextDesperation, sophisticated smuggling operations and the emergence of a small Italian island as a migrant destination provide the sad backdrop to Monday's tragedy on the Mediterranean Sea -- the capsizing of a boat carrying African migrants from Libya to Italy.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/27/somalia.residents/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/27/somalia.residents/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 40,000 Somalis have returned to the abandoned neighborhoods of Mogadishu in the past six weeks, despite some of the heaviest fighting in months, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday.Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/24/yemen.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/24/yemen.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextSmugglers carrying a boatload of migrants forced their passengers to jump overboard in deep water off the coast of Yemen, causing up to 17 to drown, the United Nations said Tuesday.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/thailand.myanmar.refugees.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/thailand.myanmar.refugees.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTextThailand's Senate will investigate allegations that the country's military abused Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar, a leading senator said Tuesday, in the latest of several probes into the issue.Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:42:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247460,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247460,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe actor, who's about to welcome his second child, talks about directing a short film about humanitarian issuesWed, 17 Dec 2008 22:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/12/congo.civilians.attacked/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/12/congo.civilians.attacked/index.html#cnnSTCTextStray gunfire struck two girls at a civilian displacement camp in eastern Congo, killing one and wounding another, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.uprooted.people/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.uprooted.people/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency is expanding its presence in war-torn Iraq to help accommodate thousands of displaced people, many of whom believe it's getting safer and easier to return to their homes in once-perilous neighborhoods.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/06/osama.son.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/06/osama.son.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTextA son of Osama bin Laden has appealed a Spanish decision denying him asylum in the country, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/05/osama.son.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/05/osama.son.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of Osama bin Laden's sons has been denied asylum in Spain, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/04/un.refugees.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/04/un.refugees.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' refugee agency said Tuesday that more Africans have fled poverty and conflict on the continent during the first 10 months of this year than in all of 2007.Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/02/iraq.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/02/iraq.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's president on Sunday pledged nearly $900,000 to help Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul because of killings and threats.Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:56:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/28/yemen.floods/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/28/yemen.floods/index.html#cnnSTCTextSevere flooding in Yemen has killed at least 100 people and displaced thousands more, according to the U.N. refugee agency and SABA, the country's official news agency.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than half the Christian population has fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in reaction to a campaign of killings and intimidation, according to the United Nations.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849352,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849352,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the worldFri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/10/yemen.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/10/yemen.smugglers/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne hundred people are missing in the Gulf of Aden after smugglers forced them overboard off the coast of Yemen, a U.N. spokesman said Friday.Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/28/somalia.smuggling.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/28/somalia.smuggling.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, and they were left adrift with no food or water for 18 days, U.N. officials said Sunday.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/24/refugee.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/24/refugee.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTextMost of 26 refugees on board an overloaded boat which capsized in a Sudan river Wednesday are believed to have drowned, the United Nations refugee agency said.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/10/yemen.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/10/yemen.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne hundred twenty African refugees -- most of them fleeing war-torn Somalia -- were forced overboard at gunpoint off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 26 dead and 20 missing, the United Nations' refugee agency said Wednesday.Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/15/abkhazia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/15/abkhazia/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency helped evacuate more than 700 Georgians from the Abkhazia region this week with the cooperation of the Russian and Georgian forces.Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/georgia.russia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/14/georgia.russia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that the number of people uprooted by the conflict in Georgia is approaching at least 115,000.Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/un.georgia.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/un.georgia.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of people displaced by the warfare in Georgia is approaching 100,000 and the figure could rise, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday.Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/05/iraq.palestinians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/05/iraq.palestinians/index.html#cnnSTCTextIceland and Sweden plan to take in about 200 Palestinian refugees from Iraq who have been living in refugee camps along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.palestinian.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.palestinian.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinian refugees along the Iraq-Syria border are so desperate, they may accept a U.N. offer to go to Sudan, a country widely condemned for atrocities and genocide in its Darfur region.Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/darfur.diary3/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/darfur.diary3/index.html#cnnSTCTextOver the next few days, as we waited for the government to decide whether or not to let us into Darfur, we did the rounds of aid agencies -- UNHCR, WFP, OCHA.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:22:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe number of global refugees has grown dramatically, and that crisis has now become entangled with the worldwide dilemma over illegal labor migrationFri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/17/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, at least 51 Iraqis were killed and 75 were wounded Tuesday in a car bombing, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:43:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815405,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815405,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsConflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, driving up the global number of refugees after several years of decline, the UN reportedTue, 17 Jun 2008 18:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis may have to go without food or health care unless foreign aid increases, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.Sat, 10 May 2008 04:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/06/somalia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/06/somalia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextIntensifying violence, food shortages and widespread drought are driving an increasing number of Somalis to seek asylum in Yemen, the United Nations' refugee agency said Tuesday. Wed, 07 May 2008 04:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/25/somalia.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/25/somalia.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 40 relief agencies serving Somalia said Tuesday they can't help millions of Somalis, blaming the existence of too many checkpoints, danger that aid workers face and "a lack of respect for international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict."Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/bhutan.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/bhutan.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextBhutanese refugees began arriving in the United States on Tuesday, the first wave of what the United Nations describes as one of the world's largest resettlement efforts.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/14/iraq.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/14/iraq.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome 2 million Iraqis have fled their country, most seeking refuge in Syria and Jordan, and another 2.4 million have been displaced inside Iraq, according to the United Nations.Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/chad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/chad/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting has stopped in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, French and Chadian officials said Tuesday, after a rebel uprising that has forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in the past few days.Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/02/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/02/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextRebels who entered the Chadian capital of N'Djamena and engaged in fighting there agreed to a cease-fire Saturday, according to an official Libyan news agency.Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/01/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/01/chad.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe French Defense Ministry said Friday it is dispatching 140 soldiers from Gabon to Chad's capital of N'Djamena as a precaution to protect French citizens after renewed fighting between government troops and rebels. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/31/chad.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/31/chad.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextA series of armed attacks in the eastern Chad town of Guereda has forced the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to pull most of its staff out of two nearby refugee camps that house refugees from Darfur.Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/23/congo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/23/congo/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and armed groups in the country signed a deal Wednesday to end years of fighting in the country's east, according to Peter Kessler, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/yemen.drownings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/yemen.drownings/index.html#cnnSTCTextAround 200 Africans migrants are feared dead after two boats they were traveling in sank off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.palestinian.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.palestinian.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree Palestinians, including two sick children, have died recently while waiting for resettlement from Iraq, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextConvoys of buses carrying Iraqi refugees are heading from Damascus to Baghdad, marking the first time that some of the 1.5 million Iraqis who fled to Syria are returning home as part of an organized plan.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/13/congo.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/13/congo.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextTens of thousands of Congolese refugees fled camps Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the U.N. refugee agency said.Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/03/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/03/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextEleven of those accused in an alleged international kidnapping of African children were brought to court Saturday in the Chadian capital, appearing somber as they were led into a courthouse under armed guard.Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/02/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/02/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome of the 103 children at the center of an alleged international kidnapping case may never return to their families because it is too difficult to determine their backgrounds, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Friday.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/01/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/01/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextMost of the 103 children that a French charity attempted to take to France from Chad for adoption are neither Sudanese nor orphans, three international aid agencies reported on Thursday.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraqi.schoolchildren/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraqi.schoolchildren/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the sunbathed schoolyard of the Shmisani Institute for Girls in Amman, Jordan, principal Sanaa Abu Harb makes an announcement over the speaker system.Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of Iraqi refugees trying to flee to industrialized nations has increased substantially in 2007 -- and nearly half are trying to go to Sweden, the U.N. refugee agency reported Friday.Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:55:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20053538,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20053538,00.htmlAngelina Jolie headed home from her brief trip to Iraq and Syria to witness firsthand the humanitarian crisis there, the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR announced.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/20/refugee.day/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/20/refugee.day/index.htmlThe number of refugees worldwide has gone up for the first time in five years, largely because of the exodus of more than 1 million Iraqis from their war-torn homeland in 2006, according to a U.N. report out Monday.Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/19/un.refugees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/19/un.refugees/index.htmlThe number of refugees worldwide has gone up for the first time in five years, largely because of the exodus of more than 1 million Iraqis from their war-torn homeland in 2006, according to a U.N. report out Monday.Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.shantytowns/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.shantytowns/index.htmlIraqis fleeing their homes because of sectarian warfare are starting to set up their own makeshift camps inside the country, a development reflecting the dire scope of the country's population displacement problem.Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/16/iraq.main/index.htmlAn Iraqi security forces raid on a Palestinian area in Baghdad on Wednesday left one Palestinian dead and forced several dozen to flee the capital, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/us.iraq.refugees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/us.iraq.refugees/index.htmlThe Bush administration hopes to resettle about 7,000 Iraqi refugees to the United States this year, the State Department said Wednesday.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.refugees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.refugees/index.htmlAs up to 50,000 Iraqis flee their homes every month, the U.N.'s refugee agency said Monday that it will seek $60 million this year to help the roughly 3.7 million people displaced by violence in the war-ravaged nation.Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/19/darfur.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/19/darfur.un/index.htmlTwo top U.N. officials will go to Sudan and Chad on Wednesday to deal with the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and its effect on neighboring Chad, according to the United Nations.Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.main/index.htmlAt least 25 people, mostly Shiites, were freed in northern Baghdad Thursday, hours after being kidnapped, an Interior Ministry official said.Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:30:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/25/chad.refugees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/25/chad.refugees/index.htmlThe head of the U.N. refugee agency has said hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians in eastern Chad face stark perils from fighting in eastern Chad.Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/13/iraq.main/index.htmlThe United Nations estimates that up to 1.6 million Iraqis have left their homes for other countries in "a steady, silent exodus" as a result of the war and sectarian violence, forcing the U.N. refugee agency to announce a shift in priorities.Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/10/06/bhts.congo/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/10/06/bhts.congo/index.html"What's wrong with you?" a 14-year-old Congolese girl asked us in Swahili. "We were singing and dancing and you all just looked so sad. What's wrong with you?" We looked into the eyes of the welcoming group of pre-teen girls and flat-out lied, "We're just tired from our journey."Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/afghan.displace/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/afghan.displace/index.htmlThis year's upsurge in fighting is causing serious dislocation in southern Afghanistan, where NATO and government troops are battling insurgents, the U.N. refugee agency said.Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/help.center.int/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/help.center.int/index.htmlThe following are links to aid group Web sites who are assisting civilians in the Mideast crisis (some sites may respond slowly due to increased traffic):Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/amanpour.refugeeday/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/amanpour.refugeeday/index.htmlI suppose I am most attuned to the plight and particular circumstances of refugees, because I am one myself. When the Islamic Revolution swept Iran, my homeland, back in 1979, I left the country and came West. I ended up at a university and later at CNN in the United States.Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/16/refugeeday.agencies/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/16/refugeeday.agencies/index.htmlThe sixth annual World Refugee Day is Tuesday. The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in 2000 to remember refugees on a special day each year.Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/26/chad.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/26/chad.sudan/index.htmlThe U.N. refugee agency on Friday said it is "very disturbed by reports of ongoing infiltration of armed Sudanese rebels inside and near some refugee camps in eastern Chad and fear further recruitment of refugees for military activities."Fri, 26 May 2006 11:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/so.asian.quake.toll/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/so.asian.quake.toll/index.htmlHelicopters ferrying supplies to Pakistan's quake survivors in the Himalayas may have to be grounded if donors don't get more relief aid, a U.N. official has warned.Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/unhcr.kyrgyz/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/unhcr.kyrgyz/index.htmlThe forcible return of four Uzbek men who sought asylum in Kyrgyzstan after last month's violence in eastern Uzbekistan prompted the U.N. refugee agency to make an urgent appeal for a halt to any more deportations.Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/30/togo/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/30/togo/index.htmlThe U.N. refugee agency Saturday said thousands of Togolese are fleeing to neighboring west African countries because of the political violence and instability in Togo this week.Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/15/burundi/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/15/burundi/index.htmlThe president of Burundi is calling an attack on a refugee camp there "a shame" and a crime against innocents.Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/17/haiti.revolt1410/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/17/haiti.revolt1410/index.htmlAn uprising in Haiti has intensified with rebels killing the police chief and two of his bodyguards in the town of Hinche before driving the rest of the police force from the town, local radio reports said.Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:08:00 EST