Tag: Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie and UN Refugee Chief Meet with Boat People on Lampedusa

On the eve of this year’s World Refugee Day, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie joined the United Nations refugee chief on a visit on Sunday to Lampedusa, where they met some of the tens of thousands of people who have crossed the Mediterranean and descended on the small Italian island after fleeing unrest in North Africa.… Continue reading Angelina Jolie and UN Refugee Chief Meet with Boat People on Lampedusa

Angelina Jolie Calls for Continued Support to Populations Fleeing Libya and Humanitarian Access to Those Inside

RAS ADJIR, Tunisia The UN refugee agencys Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie travelled on Tuesday morning to the Tunisian-Libyan border to urge greater international support for people fleeing Libya. More than 400,000 people have escaped the violence in Libya in the last month, arriving in surrounding countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, Algeria, Chad and Sudan.… Continue reading Angelina Jolie Calls for Continued Support to Populations Fleeing Libya and Humanitarian Access to Those Inside