2012-02-10 14:56 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR At least 11 people have drowned and another 34 are missing following a boat incident this week in the Gulf of Aden. Survivors found on Somali beaches on Wednesday evening explained that their boat, crewed by three smugglers and carrying 58 passengers, had set sail for Yemen last Saturday. Soon after departure, the boat's engine broke down. Without power, they were adrift for five days.

2012-02-10 14:46 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR The UN refugee agency is seeking $145 million in additional funds to help refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile and South Kordofan states into Ethiopia and South Sudan. The amount is meant to cover the needs of up to 185,000 Sudanese refugees in the two countries.

2012-02-07 14:37 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR UNHCR is implementing a set of comprehensive strategies aimed at closing three of Africa’s longstanding refugee situations, namely those involving Angolan, Liberian and Rwandan refugees.

2012-02-07 13:47 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR UNHCR has deployed emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help meet the needs of some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting in northern Mali. Most of the displaced are in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.

2012-02-02 10:50 Fagersta kommun För några veckor sedan hade Fagersta besök av ett TV-team från den fransk-tyska TV-kanalen Arte. I veckan sändes programmet, som sågs av en stor andel TV-tittare i mellaneuropa.

2012-01-31 15:44 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR According to UNHCR estimates, more than 1,500 people drowned or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2011. This makes 2011 the deadliest year for this region since UNHCR started to record these statistics in 2006.

2012-01-27 13:46 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR In an effort to maintain operations despite prevailing insecurity and reduced humanitarian access at Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, UNHCR has been exploring ways to ensure uninterrupted assistance and services in the world’s largest refugee settlement.

2012-01-20 14:22 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR Despite growing instability and a worsening security in Yemen, a record 103,000 refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from the Horn of Africa made the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden and the Red sea in 2011. Last year saw an almost 100 per cent increase from 2010 when 53,000 people made the same journey.

2012-01-17 14:37 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR On Sunday, 33 unaccompanied children departed from Tunisia’s Shousha refugee camp to Norway as part of their resettlement process. The children were among 90 who arrived unaccompanied from Libya during 2011. Some were already without parents when they first arrived in Libya; others lost their parents or became separated from them subsequently.