#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.
#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
#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