U.N.: Number of refugees growing again
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People fleeing Iraq have swelled the ranks of the world's refugees, reversing a five-year decline, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
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Sudan resumed aid delivery to a camp for 90,000 refugees in the stricken Darfur region, U.N. officials said Monday, three days after soldiers reportedly closed the camp following a mob killing of an alleged pro-government militiaman.
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CAIRO, Dec. 27 -- Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report obtained Thursday.
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The number of U.N. peacekeepers in   Lebanon has grown to about 5,000, a spokesman said on Tuesday,   reaching a level which the United Nations sees as sufficient   for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Tens of thousands more refugees might flee Sudan's Darfur region into neighboring Chad because of persistent attacks and rapes by Arab militias, the United Nations said Friday.
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Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report obtained Thursday.
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The number of U.N. peacekeepers in  Lebanon has grown to about 5,000, a spokesman said on Tuesday,  reaching a level which the United Nations sees as sufficient  for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is calling for the return of thousands of refugees who were forced by Sudanese security forces to relocate to a new camp in Darfur.
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The number of Iraqis returning to their country after fleeing abroad is growing, with more than 46,000 people coming home last month, an Iraqi government spokesman said
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The UN warns of an epidemic as the number of tsunami and quake deaths soars above 55,000 and thousands remain missing. BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA -- Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on Indonesia&#39;s
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A new U.N. report showed a sharp increase in child malnutrition rates compared with last year, despite the efforts of more than 12,000 relief workers.
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New violence in Darfur has driven some 200,000 more people from their homes, the UN reports from Sudan.
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The number of new asylum-seekers arriving in Finland in the first half of 2004 was about 20% higher than at the same time last year.
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The World Health Organization says that up to 70,000 refugees have died in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region since March 1, 2004 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition.
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The number of victims of the  Asian tsunami needing food stands at 1.8 million and could rise  further, a United Nations official said on Sunday.
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The number of refugees worldwide increased by nearly 2 million last year, driving the total to nearly 14 million, the highest level since 2001, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants reported Wednesday.
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More than 4 million Iraqis have now been displaced by violence in the country, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, warning that the figure will continue to rise.