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We honor Com for #HumanRights Hammarberg for his outstanding commitment to the rights of #refugees, #asylum seekers

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From our #photo archives we bring you a very important moment. Can u guess what's going on?

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A special #FF to anyone reading this, following us, helping raise awareness:

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#iPhone #video of archive #photos: 20 Years of Dadaab narrated by our colleague, Panos Moumtzis #Kenya #refugees
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#iPhone #video of archive #photos: 20 Years of Dadaab narrated by our colleague, Panos Moumtzis #Kenya #refugees

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Just received this #photo of a #Mali'an #refugee #woman, who fled to #Niger w/ her 4 #children

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#photo IDPs fleeing renewed fighting in #Somalia, taken yesterday by our staff, through the window of an armored vehicle. Afgooye corridor, where the clashes are taking place, is home to some 410,000 displaced Somalis. We urge all armed groups and forces to take the safety of civilians as a priority.

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#Photo of 's who visited IDPs from Abyan living in Be'er Ahmet School in Aden, #Yemen on 10 Jan 2012

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#photo Yesterday we were excited to help the 1st batch of Sri Lankan refugees return home from India by ferry incl this boy who rec'vd a gift pack when he arrived in Colombo

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#Photo Muktar Hassan, a 31 year old father of 5, fled #Somalia to Dadaab in April. He was relocated today to the new tents in IFO extension. He is paralyzed in both legs due to polio. UNHCR/B. Bannon

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A #photo from our aid distribution in #Mogadishu, #Somalia yesterday

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#Photo from Dollo Ado #refugee transit center in #Ethiopia. Wonder what this woman is thinking, during Chief Guterres' visit yesterday. The center hosts newly arrived Somali refugee #women & children from across the border.

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Shocking, telling, #photo: water shortage in Dadaab, #Kenya. UNHCR, OXFAM & CARE starting an emergency water tracking response in the outskirts, beyond camp boundaries, w/ around 60,000 refugees

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#Photo: BBC's Zeinab Bedawi interviewing #UNHCR Chief Guterres now at the 'boat graveyard' on Lampedusa

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#Photo: Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits an open center near #Malta‘s main airport where vulnerable asylum-seekers are living in tents inside an old aircraft hangar while their asylum claims are assessed. UNHCR/ J. Tanner

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#Photo just in: #UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, talks with people in #Malta’s Lyster Barracks, a former Royal Air Force facility and now a detention center for asylum-seekers, many of whom have fled the violence in Libya. UNHCR/J. Tanner

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#UNHCR chief Guterres getting briefing on #Lampedusa rescue boat. Saved thousands fleeing #Libya

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#Photo: Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie & #UNHCR chief António Guterres talk w/ #asylum-seekers on #Lampedusa.

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#Photo: #UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, at #Turkey's border w/ #Syria yesterday, meeting with #refugees

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Our colleagues in #Thailand are getting ready for World #Refugee Day -- love the t-shirts!

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The #Hague is getting ready for World #Refugee Day! Look at this tram dressed like a #refugee tent

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