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A Wolfowitz in Sheep's Clothing
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 23 minutes ago
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Paul Wolfowitz, the chief architect of the Iraq War, now wants the United States to help refugees. No, not the estimated 4.8 million Iraqis forced to flee their homes in a war he and other pro-Israeli neoconservatives planned as far back as 1992.
Tags: North Korean, Paul Wolfowitz, Israeli, korean refugees, human rights, Help North Korea, U.S, Iraqi, Israel, Tel Aviv, Neoconservatism, Refugee, Politics, Jay Lefkowitz, Social Issues, North Korean defectors, Palestinian refugees, North Korea, War Conflict
YEMEN: Population of biggest IDP camp doubles
Sanaa :: Yemen | about 6 hours ago
Credibility The population of Yemen’s main camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) has doubled over the past few weeks as fighting between Houthi-led rebels and government forces continues, according to officials. “We now have about 20,000 IDPs in al-Mazraq...
Tags: al-Mazraq, Yemen Red Crescent, IDP, Saada, Yemeni, idps camps, Mai Barazi, saada city, Yemen, Sanaa, International Committee of the Red Cross, Refugee, Persecution, Internally displaced person, 'Amran Governorate, Forced migration, Hajjah Governorate, War Conflict
Dear Santa, I'd like Christmas away from a detention centre
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Precious Mhango, a ten-year-old Scots asylum seeker, may be forced to spend Christmas locked up at Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire. Precious and her mother Florence, 32, from Cranhill, Glasgow, have been in detention for almost three weeks...
Tags: detention centre, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Health Medical Pharma, Immigration detention, Immigration to the United Kingdom, Refugee, Social Issues, Immigration law, International law, Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, Criminal law, Serco Group
Campaign tackles "hurtful" refugee stereotypes
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 7 hours ago
Credibility A small percentage seek haven in Switzerland but when they arrive, some are confronted with prejudice. The oft-repeated stereotype that asylum-seekers are drug dealers and criminals is "factually wrong, hurtful and degrading for those affected", says...
Tags: Switzerland, Hans Lunshof, refugees council, UNHCR, accepting rate, Swiss Refugee Council, Beat Meiner, Zurich, Demography, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Refugee, Social Issues, Forced migration, Population, Right of asylum, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Iraqi diaspora
No man is an island – and nor is Switzerland
Bern :: Switzerland | about 8 hours ago
Credibility What they have in common is that they were all accepted as part of the quota system promoted by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, under which wealthier countries agree to resettle specific numbers of refugees from countries in upheaval. They also...
Tags: Switzerland Civil, Janina Polomski Language, Karina Castillo, Swiss Refugee Council, Switzerland, Bern, Demography, Swissinfo, Refugee, Social Issues, Tibet, Forced migration, Population, Right of asylum, Standard Tibetan
Democratic Voice of Burma: Arakanese abducted for border fence work – Thiri Htet San
Ţeknāf :: Bangladesh | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Burmese troops are abducting villagers near to the Burma-Bangladesh border and forcing them to work on the construction of a border fence, an Arakan local has reported. Hundreds of local villagers in Arakan state’s Maungdaw district are being forced to...
Tags: Thai-Burma, Bangladesh, Ţeknāf, Burma, Red Karen, Kayah State, Refugee, Maungdaw, Teknaf Upazila, Social Issues, Karen people, States of Burma, Rakhine State, War Conflict
Kaladan Press: EU, UNHCR ink deal to improve living conditions of Rohingya refugees
Brussels :: Belgium | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh yesterday, according to sources. Rohingya refugees based in two official camps in Cox’s Bazar, the source said. The fund would ensure better health, nutrition and life skills for over 28,000 refugees in the camps. Stefan...
Tags: Country Representative of UNHCR, rohingya refugees, Rohingya, Cox, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brussels, Demography, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rohingya people, Refugee, Social Issues, Forced migration, Population, Right of asylum, War Conflict
Illegal immigrants win reprieve in Zurich
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 11 hours ago
Credibility Around 150 rejected asylum seekers occupied a church last month claiming that Zurich was more draconian than other cantons. The authorities have accepted the new advisory body but have given no sign that rules will be relaxed. The compromise solution...
Tags: Zurich, Switzerland, Canton of Zￃﾼrich, Illegal immigration, Refugee, Zￃﾼrich, Social Issues, Zￃﾼrich Airport, Right of asylum, Human migration, Swiss International Air Lines
Pardons for refugee helpers to continue
Zurich :: Switzerland | about 12 hours ago
Credibility Parliament's committee for rehabilitation, which has completed its search of military court records held by the Federal Archives, has now called on cantons and individuals to produce further names. The committee announced on Tuesday that since the introduction...
Tags: Switzerland, turning away, refugees helpers, Zurich, Refugee, Social Issues, Bergier commission, Paul Grￃﾼninger, Nazi Germany, War Conflict
DRC-CONGO: Needs unmet as refugees flee from Congo to Congo
Brazzaville :: Congo | about 12 hours ago
Credibility Ben Boubacar Diallo. “Given the number of refugees, the aid would appear to be insufficient. The needs are enormous,” he said, adding that the situation in DRC’s Equateur province had yet to improve. “We will keep supplying domestic kits [comprising mattresses,...
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, DR Congo, Congo, Brazzaville, Social Issues, Forced migration, Ubangi River, African Union member states, African countries, Least Developed Countries, Likouala, Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Right of asylum, ￃﾉquateur, War Conflict, Refugee, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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