Refugees

Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite economy

Tens of thousands have fled Michigan's troubled economy in recent years, yet Iraqi refugees continue to move there despite a U.S. government policy trying to limit refugee resettlement in the Detroit area.

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UN chief welcomes decision to open refugee camps in Lanka!

Updated on Sunday, November 22, 2009, 09:28 IST Tags: New York: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Colombo's decision to grant freedom of movement to the displaced Tamils living in the military guarded camps at the Northern...

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The 156th Mission – October 19th to October 30th

We are six French people in Palestine, the CCIPPP Mission “156”. We arrived Sunday morning from Aveyron, from Tarn et Garonne and from the Gard. For the next 15 days, if we have the time, using a computer with a strange...

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Burma: Karen people face starvation and uncertainty

“There’s no village”, 75-year-old Sam Telly said. The Karen state in eastern Burma has been the scene of intense fighting as the Burmese military has sought to crush the Karen Nation Union (KNU), a pro-democracy organisation...

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Twenty years on: one wall falls, others rise

November 9, the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin wall, was the occasion for self-congratulation by supporters of the capitalist system. They talked of the wall’s fall as heralding a new era of freedom.

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Resistance welcomes refugees

The following article is from the soon-to-be published, updated What Resistance Stands For . Resistance branches around the country will be launching this exciting new document, and selling it at Walk Against Warming rallies on...

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Finland: Asylum seeker benefits to be reviewed

Finland: Asylum seeker benefits to be reviewed In a related story: Finland advises Turks on how to recognise potential asylum seekers Finland plans to review benefits granted to asylum seekers, says Astrid Thors, Minister for...

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UNHCR official calls for cooperation to assist displaced, refugee people in Yemen

SANA'A, Nov. 22 (Saba) - Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees Janet Lim confirmed Sunday that the commissioner will continue to work together with the Yemeni government to improve the displaced people and refugees...

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Book Review: The Other Gross Side of Bhutan

Tek Nath Rizal. Yes, we are talking about Bhutan, and the person upon whom the horrendous torture was inflicted is none other than Bhutanese human rights leader Tek Nath Rizal. Rizal, a refugee leader in exile for more than a...

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World › Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

Sunday 22nd November, 02:33 AM JST MANIK FARM, Sri LankaSri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they’ve been detained since the country’s...

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