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The Cost of Crossing: People are still ready to risk their lives crossing the Gulf of Aden. Some, like these, pay the ultimate price. © UNHCR/SHS
At least 20 people drown in Gulf of Aden crossing
Tuesday, 02 Dec. 2008
At least 20 people drown off the coast of Yemen and two are reported missing after smugglers carrying them across the Gulf of Aden forced them overboard.
Tuesday, 02 Dec. 2008
At least 20 people drown off the coast of Yemen and two are reported missing after smugglers carrying them across the Gulf of Aden forced them overboard.
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Gallery of Prominent Refugees
Featuring refugees or former refugees who have achieved special status within a community because of their achievements, or because they have overcome hardship to build a new life.
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The Geneva Refugee Convention is more than 50 years old. It has been instrumental in helping an estimated 50 million people restart their lives, but today is surrounded by controversy.
UNHCR Global Appeal 2009 Update
UNHCR's strategies and programmes worldwide.
Afghanistan at the Crossroads
In a series of special reports, UNHCR examines some of the challenges facing Afghan returnees.
High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, 2008
This year's meeting will focus on protracted refugee situations and examine the challenges and opportunities for refugees and other stakeholders in camps, rural and urban contexts.
Refugees and HIV/AIDS
UNHCR strives to ensure that refugees stay free from discrimination, regardless of their HIV status, and to provide core HIV/AIDS interventions during emergencies.
Malaria is the leading killer of refugees in Africa. For just US$10, you can send a net and save a refugee's life with Nothing But Nets.
Refugee Realities
UNHCR is mapping the real state of the world's refugees and people of concern through a Global Needs Assessment.
ninemillion.org
Doing nothing is doing harm. Join UNHCR's global effort to provide healthy and safe educational opportunities for nine million refugee children by 2010.
Asylum & Migration
Mixed in among the tens of thousands of people risking life and limb in search of a better life, are refugees and asylum seekers fleeing from persecution and fear.