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Tag: UNHCR

| Notes from the field: Palestine refugees from Syria struggle with life in Lebanon


| 17 April 2013 “You feel like the buildings around you just fall down,” says seven-year-old Khaled, describing the shelling he witnessed before fleeing Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. |

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| Commissioner-General's statement at Ministerial Conference: "Refugees in the Muslim World"


| 14 May 2012 As you know, UNRWA is unique in the UN family as its mandate is specific to one population: nearly five million Palestine refugees, mostly descendants of those who fled Palestine in 1948. |

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| Exploding the myths: UNRWA, UNHCR and the Palestine refugees

| 27 June 2011 Ma’an spoke to UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness about talk of disbanding UNRWA and handing responsibility for Palestinian refugees to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |

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| Celebrating Music and Children, thanks to Italian support


| 10 December 2009 The voices of young refugees, singing songs from Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Italy delighted guests at the Italian Salesian Theatre in Damascus yesterday, in a concert celebrating a joint project by UNRWA, UNHCR and the Italian Embassy Cooperation Office. |

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| Deeb’s Long Journey Home


| 03 January 2010 As she waited between the Syrian-Lebanese border, Manal Abdi said that she was experiencing the same joy that she felt the day she gave birth to her son Deeb. |

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| Children of the desert


| 20 July 2009 Ali likes drawing - everything. Trees and flowers, houses with happy families inside, gifts for Eiyad (Islamic celebrations), children playing in colorful parks. He does not draw from life. Al Tanf is a camp devoid of greenery and gifts. |

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| Projects in Jordan

| Find out more about how UNRWA is improving its services in Jordan. |

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