News releases and briefings
Issued
by Regional Office Canberra
High level UNHCR visit looks to regional cooperation on refugees 18 February 2010
Simplistic Labels Not Enough on Climate Change - UNHCR 05 August 2009
42 million Real People in UNHCR figures - 16 June 2009
World Refugee Day highlights Real People, Real Needs in Australia- 14 June 2009
World Refugee Day highlights Real People, Real Needs in New Zealand - 14 June 2009
Australian Asylum Seeker numbers reflect Worldwide Tread
25 March 2009
NZ Asylum Seeker numbers low despite global increase
25 March 2009
UN High Commissioner for Refugees visists New Zealand
25 February 2009
UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises Australia's refugee resettlement services
25 February 2009
Increased Funding & Cooperation for Refugee Protection
23 February 2009
UN refugee agency appeals for a sense of perspective
3 December 2008
Comprehensive reform of Australia's immigration detention system brings it into line with international standards
29 July 2008
Australians urged to protect refugees in light of new UN Global report
18 June 2008
New Zealanders urged to protectin refugees in light of new UN Global report
18 June 2008
UNHCR welcomes Australian donation - will provide new homes for 10,000 refugees
21 May 2008
UN refugee agency welcomes end of TPVs
14 May 2008
UNHCR aid for cyclone victims arrives in Myanmar; Australian appeal launched by Kath & Kim star Jane Turner
12 May 2008
UNHCR Welcomes End of Pacific 'Solution'
7 February 2008
Time to hear the refugee voices behind the statistics
20 June 2007
Letter to the Editor of The Australian newspaper regarding the article Noble Experiment, 20 February 2007
UNHCR concerned about confirmation of TPV system by High Court
20 November 2006
Prize Winners in the UNHCR National High School Writing Competition, Refugees: Telling Their Stories
27 September 2006
For more information, click on each of the following state winners in UNHCR's High School Writing Competition:
Victorian winners
QLD winners
NSW winners
WA winners
UNHCR welcomes New Zealand Government’s move to grant residence to Zimbabwean nationals
30 August 2006
First UNHCR jumbo of relief supplies for Timor-Leste arrived in Darwin today
7 June 2006
UNHCR concerned about possible implications of new legislation to strengthen border control measures
19 April 2006
UNHCR Regional Representative’s Official Visit to Papua New Guinea
15 February 2006
UNHCR kicks off training programme for Fiji officials
7 December 2005
UNHCR welcomes granting of legal identity to young refugees
30 November 2005
Time to reciprocate for Pakistan's decades of generosity to refugees, says UNHCR
27 October 2005
UNHCR welcomes further resolution of Nauru cases 14 October 2005
UNHCR welcomes residency permits for refugees from Papua
Province, Indonesia
13 October 2005
UNHCR providing urgent assistance for quake victims
11
October 2005
UNHCR
welcomes return of Palestinian man to Australia
6 September
2005
UNHCR welcomes
increase in visas allocated under the Refugee and Humanitarian
Programme
22 July 2005
World
Refugee Day 2005: UNHCR calls on students to tell stories
behind refugee statistics
12 June 2005
Former Afghan refugees
win prizes in National Writing Competition
16 May 2005
St Albans Student Wins
National Writing Competition
9 May 2005
UNHCR
welcomes new bridging visa for long-term detainees
23
March 2005
UNHCR
unveils $75 million (US) Tsunami response operation
7
January 2005
UNHCR
Tsunami response update
6 January 2005
Aceng
caseload update
January
2005
Tampa
caseload update
October
2004
UNHCR
completes review of Afghan cases on Nauru
19
May 2004
Asylum-seekers
on Nauru
23 December 2003
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