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UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency,
04 Jul 2019 (4 years ago )
More than 80 people are feared drowned following a boat disaster off Tunisia. According to the two survivors, the incident occurred on Wednesday night (3 July). Passing Tunisian fisherman came to their rescue and were able to bring four people to shore and to hospital. However, one later passed away...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are deeply saddened by the latest loss of life in the Central Mediterranean, after two boats capsized off Tunisia’s shores on Tuesday, 9 March.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Tunisian Government's decision to allow disembarkation of 40 people who were rescued at sea by a Tunisian commercial vessel on 14 July. This is a life-saving decision and a much-needed humanitarian move, allowing the 40 rescued people on board the supply sh...
National human rights organisations published a guide to coordinate actions to protect refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia. This guide, which was signed by these organisations at a ceremony held Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR), serves as a reference doc...
La municipalité de Raoued, en partenariat avec l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (IOM) et l’Institut arabe des droits de l’homme (IADH), ouvre un bureau pour la réception et l’orientation des réfugiés, demandeurs d’asile, migrants e...
On World Refugee Day, the representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Tunisia, Mazin Abu Shanab, expressed his appreciation for Tunisia's efforts to protect refugees and respect their rights.
He made the remarks during his meeting with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi Wednesday in Tuni...
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UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency,
21 Jun 2019 (4 years ago )
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges for calm following an incident that took place yesterday, Thursday 20 June, at the Ibn Khaldun refugee shelter in Medenine, Tunisia.
According to the information we have been able to collect so far, a group of refugees and asylum-seekers launched a demonstratio...
La responsable au bureau du Haut- commissariat des nations unies aux réfugiés (HCR-Tunisie) Néjia Hafsa a déclaré que « Le nombre des réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile en Tunisie a connu une augmentation soit 6500 personnes jusqu’ au mois de janvier 2021, contre 6200 personnes en 2019, signalant que 19...
A request was sent to the health ministry last January to vaccinate 700 refugees and asylum seekers against the coronavirus, Naoufel Tounsi, Officer in Charge of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Zarzis Naoufel Tounsi said Wednesday.
