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'What about us?' ask Tamils in detention
Sydney :: Australia | 5 days ago
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Chandra also risked his life in a rickety boat in an effort to reach Australia. Chandra, after he was caught by the authorities, was also taken to the Tanjung Pinang Detention Centre, on the Indonesian island of Bintan...And then, even if he is judged...
Tags: AM Chandra, Australia, UNHCR, Sydney, Sri Lanka, Bintan Island, Tanjung Pinang, Refugee
UNHCR airlifts emergency relief for Angolan refugees expelled from DRC
The UN refugee agency has airlifted emergency relief items from South Africa to Angola to help alleviate the plight of tens of thousands of Angolans who were expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month. The Boeing 747 from...
Tags: UNHCR
Greece: UN urges probe into alleged abuses at detention centre
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today expressed serious concern over recently reported violent incidents at a detention centre in Greece, and called for a thorough investigation into the matter. According to...
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Asian civil society mobilizes in support of refugee rights
With more refugees on the move but few Asian countries giving them a warm welcome, representatives of civil society and non-governmental organizations from 19 Asian and Pacific countries have met in Thailand to strategize on how to press for greater refugee...
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UNHCR, local officials, religious leaders in northern Somalia debate asylum and Islam
More than 40 religious leaders from around northern Somalia's Puntland region have taken part in a UNHCR-funded discussion on refugee and asylum law that will help spread awareness about the rights and needs of refugees and displaced Somalis. The...
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1969 OAU Convention remains key plank of refugee protection in Africa
Exactly 40 years ago this Thursday, member states of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), since renamed the African Union, adopted landmark legislation on refugees. Adopted in a context of decolonization struggles across the continent, the 1969...
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A few lines for the refugees in the Taliban-stained Pakistan
A few lines for the refugees in the Taliban-stained Pakistan brotee mukhopadhyay Talibans have escalated violence in the Northwestern Pakistan and 2 million hapless souls are at present refugees. Fifty percent...
Tags: violence, refugees, pakistan, talibans, UNHCR, assistance
Overstay of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
Afghan refugees due to their overstay in Kohat district of NWFP Pakistan, have become a source of friction with locals of Kohat, mostly locals complain about their dominance over labor market, public transport business and other small businesses in Kohat....
Tags: Kohat, Afghan refugees, data, suspects, militants, UNHCR, Pakistan, Jalalabad
High Commissioner Guterres urges swift end to displacement chapter in Western Balkans
Drawing attention to the lingering problem of refugees reluctant or unable to return to their homes 14 years after hostilities ended in the Western Balkans, UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres said, "it is time to close the chapter of refugees...
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Southern Latin America opens its arms to asylum seekers
When Davala arrived in Argentina, he expected a huge block of ice stretching to the horizon. The young African was surprised to find instead the immense urban sprawl of Buenos Aires, nothing like the images he had seen long ago in a documentary. ...
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