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Dadaab - World’s biggest refugee camp 20 years old
This year is the 20th anniversary of the world’s biggest refugee camp, Dadaab in north-eastern Kenya.
Read the Full StoryThe strength of freedom: Fleeing Eritrea
”I tried to tell them that I was not yet 18 but they told me that I looked old enough and continued rounding up students from the school"
Read the Full StoryWhat is the Durable Solutions Registration?
Over 4,000 beneficiaries of protection were included into the registration system since 2009.
Read the Full StoryUNHCR, aditus launch project to improve refugees' access to services
UNHCR and aditus launched a project aimed at assisting Maltese service-providers that come into contact with refugees and migrants
Read the Full Storythat over 1.3 m person fled Libya as July 2011
Around 1,600 persons have arrived to Malta from Libya in 2011
26% of the total arrivals in 2011 are from Somalia
4.4%of the total population in Malta are foreigners
85% of asylum seekers in Malta hail from Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan
Over 14,800 persons arrived in Malta by boat between 2000-2011
56% of all asylum seekers were granted protection in Malta
around 2,200 persons are living in open centres in Malta
54% of all asylum were granted international protection so far in 2011
that sub-Saharan Africans constitute 1% of the population in Malta
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 Crisis in Horn of Africa-Tens of thousands of Somalis are fleeing conflict and drought into Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya. |
Making a difference
Agencies, NGOs and individuals discuss with UNHCR their work with refugees in Malta
Setting the Agenda
UNHCR documents and position papers relevant to Malta can be found in this section
