... Republic of the Congo is the place of origin for over four hundred thousand refugees, but it is also the place of refuge for almost two hundred thousand. In contemporary Darfur, some 2 ... by the carrying capacity of the region in question. Indeed, there is a utilitarian argument that refugees should be given priority over general immigration as their needs are greater as will be the change in their ...

... Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Up to now, about 370 thousand refugees have escaped the country, with over a million internally displaced people; ... and Zambia, digging wells for over 80 thousand refugees, and the creation of 8 elementary schools for over 20 thousand ... children. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) thanks all the artists for their generosity, Open Care for ...

... local population is already sharing its resources with the waves of refugees that have arrived in the wake of a host of conflicts. They no longer ... mosquitoes along the river." Wells in several villages where refugees are taking shelter must be repaired to improve access ... cross the river to reach the other side of the border. Refugees who gathered at sites close to the frontier are still afraid ...

... schools and job training in the camp. Burphy says today refugees mostly rely on themselves or each other to get by. "Almost everything that you do in the camp involves money," said ... money they give your change. So whether you are getting the right change you do not know," said Burphy. Many refugees hope to migrate to a Western country, where they think it will be easier to make ...

... Brazzaville. “There was a week we had just 24,000 refugees. The number has quickly risen because of a resumption in fighting ... police deployed in the area are afraid for their health. The refugees include members of the DRC’s navy, which patrols the Ubangi ... noted UNHCR’s Diallo. According to the police, some of the refugees are making their way back to their DRC villages across Ubangi ...

... result of this rejection and this war, many Palestinian Arabs became refugees, while a similar number of Jews, who lived in Arab ... populations was - and still is - that Israel has done its utmost to redeem these Jewish refugees from their misery and to absorb them successfully in Israel, whereas the belligerent ... resettling in Israel. Estimates of Palestinian Arab refugees vary from 450,000 to 700,000 ...

... UN to redefine international law to give climate refugees the same protection as people fleeing political repression. &# ... responsible for climate change should take physical responsibility for the refugees created. Bangladesh, India, and many small island ... environment, it could result in a lowering of protection standards for refugees and even undermine the international refugee protection regime ...

...  term 'refugee' is severely misused, refugees are NOT to be mistaken with the illegal assylum seekers that float off our shores, ... is unjust, inhumane & severely morally lacking. Refugees are escapees from an opressive world, dont make the land they ... petition is to gain support & awareness of the rights of refugees, if you agree & support my action, please sign to put things ...

... to the shanties of Damascus, more than half of the world's refugees are now scraping by on tiny strips of land in increasingly overcrowded, ... of the planet's 10.5 million refugees are now battling to get by in urban areas. Cities also contain more than 20 million ... and displaced people. "We need to abandon the outmoded image that most refugees live in sprawling camps of tents," said ...

... Yemen admits the odds are against Somalis as well as Ethiopian refugees, whose numbers are swelling. “The war in Somalia ... Bourgeois says UNHCR has been given a quota to resettle around 700 refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Sudan and Eritrea ... managed to get a seven-day grace period for Ethiopian refugees, before they are threatened with prison and deportation. In that time, many desperately ...

... been persecuted in China in order to stand a chance of being accepted as refugees. The 76 new arrivals will need no such instruction. They have almost certainly brought with them carefully prepared stories of ... by the Sudanese government. To make any parallels between the two is an insult to those real refugees in Darfur. The suggestion that Tamils are being persecuted as a people in Sri Lanka, ...

... identity and their cause." Under Lebanese law, Palestinian refugees have no social and civil rights, limited access to ... population." More than 422,000 Palestinian refugees are registered with the agency in Lebanon, the group says. If only this issue ... hot air. It’s not in Hezbollah’s interests to see Palestinian refugees integrate into Lebanese society or return to the West ...

... 300,000 Palestinians in Lebanon who fear they are doomed to be refugees for life. His brief trip comes amid renewed efforts to ... the destruction of Lebanon," he added. The majority of the refugees arrived in Lebanon following the creation of Israel in 1948. A ... not strike off its figures Palestinians who move to other countries. The refugees that remain live in dire conditions in 12 camps ...

... should the test program work.   It is also hoped that the voucher program will give the refugees access to food when they need it and help them to avoid long lines at distribution centers ... happens if this program is successful.  I just hope that it actually proves helpful to the refugees and not just to those who are running the programs. This story also makes me realize how essential cell ...

... Iraqis living away from their homes. But it does not give any representation to the as many as two million Iraqi refugees it is estimated are living abroad. Hashemi, one of Shi’ite Muslim ... council that has a veto power over legislation, said the electoral law should be changed to include refugees. The percentage of seats allocated for the displaced, minorities and refugees should be raised ...