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UNHCR says 90,000 IDPs returned home in Sri Lanka

Nov 07, Colombo: The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said some 90,000 of Sri Lanka's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have returned to their homes...

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Five more demining machines from UNHCR to arrive in Sri Lanka today

Nov 07, Colombo: In order to expedite the resettlement process of the displaced civilians in the North, the UNHCR, United Nations humanitarian agency has provided five demining flail machines to help accelerate the demining in the former war-torn land.

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UNHCR seeks funds to respond to flooding in Dadaab refugee camps

UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency Search Text size | | | UNHCR seeks funds to respond to flooding in Dadaab refugee campsBriefing Notes, 6 November 2009This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 6 November 2009, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.UNHCR is asking donor countries for $2.8 million...

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UNHCR demining machines to arrive in Sri Lanka

Some 274,000 people were displaced on multiple occasions during the final months of the conflict in Sri Lanka and then accommodated in closed camps in the Vavuniya, Jaffna, Mannar and Trincomalee districts. Following the recent returns, some 163,000 people still remain in the camps where conditions are deteriorating. UNHCR and other UN agencies continue to advocate strongly with the government of Sri...

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Greek police turn blind eye to hotel tragedy

As anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows I'm no fan of the Greek police. I have seen their senseless brutality too often to believe that they are the "thin blue line" between us and chaos. There have been too many cases in which officers have attacked and beaten those they are supposed to be protecting, asylum seekers, protesters and minorities being their usual targets as reports...

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Thoughts On Woolas' Weasel Words

Having reflected on the weasel words of Phil Woolas overnight, and having looked at the available UNHCR statistics for asylum applications of Afghans in 38 out of the 44 industrialised countries*, we can see that there was a steady but accelerating rise in numbers till a peak in 2001. After that there is a rapid drop down to 2005, when the numbers start to rise year on year. [Graph 1 & 2: See below]...

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Floods threaten up to 750,000 in Kenya

Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Matthew Jones GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 750,000 people in Kenya, nearly half of them Somali refugees, could be caught up in flooding and landslides from heavy rains expected to peak in November, the United Nations warned on Friday. … An estimated 4,600 people along the Indian Ocean coast and Kenya's northeastern region have already fled torrential rainfall,...

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More than 16,000 Congolese flee violence and seek shelter in Republic of Congo

More than 16,000 civilians have fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sought shelter in neighbouring Republic of Congo.

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Aid agencies for safe access to South Waziristan IDPs

The UN aid agencies have called for ensuring safety and security to civilians including aid workers engaged in relief activities for displaced persons following military operation in South Waziristan.(..)Dominique, Frankefort Deputy Country Director WFP said there were six registration points five in D.I. Khan and one in Tank that were administered by the Social Welfare Department of NWFP and supported...

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DRC: Deadly clashes in Equateur Province forces civilians into exile

The 16,100 DRC asylum seekers -- who are mainly Munzayas -- are staying in public buildings or with host communities across 11 villages alongside the Oubangui River. A UNHCR team is now visiting them and our initial assement is that they need proper shelter, food and household items such as blankets, kitchen sets and jerry cans. Once a thorough assessment is made, we will work together with the government...

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Update on IDP operations in north-west Pakistan

Elsewhere in Pakistan, an estimated one million people from previous waves of displacement out of Bajaur, Mohmand, Swat, remain displaced and in need of ongoing humanitarian assistance. This includes some 88,000 people in 10 camps in NWFP, for whom UNHCR is currently preparing a package of extra relief supplies for winter. Also, existing tents will be replaced with all-weather tents to provide extra...

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Four Pader IDP Camps Closed

PADER district and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday closed four IDP camps.

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43 Somalis rescued by EU warship handed to UNHCR

The EU Naval Force says it has handed over 43 Somalis abandoned at sea by their human smugglers to the United Nations refugee agency in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.

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43 Somalis rescued by EU warship handed to UNHCR

The EU Naval Force says it has handed over 43 Somalis abandoned at sea by their human smugglers to the United Nations refugee agency in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.

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Dramatic rise in numbers of Congolese returning home from Zambia

The number of Congolese refugees repatriated from Zambia this year has passed the 15,000 mark, a dramatic increase on figures for 2007 and 2008.

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Angelina Jolie appeals aid for displaced Iraqis

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie paid her third visit to Iraq as UN Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador and appealed for aid to an estimated 1.6 million displaced civilians. According to a statement released by UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the 34-year-old actress visited a makeshift camp for displaced Iraqis in a suburb of Baghdad during her one-day trip.

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Angelina Jolie -Hard Talk part3

Angelina Jolie talk about UNHCR in " Hard Talk" UNHCR Goodwill Ambasador watch here