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A Zimbabwean family with little left.
06/23/2008 South Africa must stop deporting refugees back to Zimbabwe -- in violation of international law -- and grant them temporary asylum from the political repression that has forced so many to flee the country, says a human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Zimbabwe] [South Africa] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Security]
Image: A Zimbabwean family with little left. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
06/19/2008 WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (OneWorld) - Over 37 million people were living as refugees from conflict or persecution at the end of 2007, marking the second straight year of increases after a five-year decline, said a concerned UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) this week.
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From: OneWorld US
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In Ethiopia's Somali region.
06/13/2008 The Ethiopian army is responsible for widespread "executions, torture, and rape" of civilians in the country's eastern Somali region, committed as part of Ethiopia's campaign against rebel insurgents, states a new report from an international human rights watchdog.
Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Ethiopia] [Race Politics] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Terrorism]
Image: In Ethiopia's Somali region. © Nick Wadhams and Zoe Alsop / Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Chadians displaced by militia attacks squatting near Goz Beida, eastern Chad; August 2006.
06/11/2008 Several international human rights groups have called on the African Union to swiftly revise and adopt a Convention protecting the rights of the 12 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Africa, who lack the protected status of refugees.
From: Refugees International
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Image: Chadians displaced by militia attacks squatting near Goz Beida, eastern Chad; August 2006. © Nicholas Reader / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
An Iraqi refugee.
06/09/2008 The Iraqi government recently pledged $195 million to accommodate returning refugees, but it must wait for security conditions to improve significantly for a sustained period of time before encouraging mass repatriation, said an international refugee agency last week.
From: Refugees International
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Related: [Iraq] [Middle East] [Aid] [Conflict] [Security]
Image: An Iraqi refugee. © International Rescue Committee
Afghans need both security and development, said Bernard Kouchner, the former humanitarian worker turned French foreign minister.
06/09/2008 Security and international aid have become dangerously intertwined in Afghanistan, even though the 5 million refugees that have returned to the country since 2002 are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, writes policy adviser Anna Husarska.
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From: International Rescue Committee
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Image: Afghans need both security and development, said Bernard Kouchner, the former humanitarian worker turned French foreign minister. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Displaced by the violence.
06/05/2008 Tens of thousands of Sudanese villagers from Abyei -- a strategic region to both forces that fought in Sudan's civil war -- are receiving much-needed aid after a worrisome flare up of fighting.
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From: Mercy Corps
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Image: Displaced by the violence. © Refugees International
06/03/2008 The Myanmar military junta has closed many camps for cyclone survivors, forcing displaced persons back into isolated areas and undermining their access to aid, reports Refugees International.
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06/02/2008 The international community must revise short-term solutions to the displacement crisis in the eastern DR Congo as an additional 60,000 people recently fled their homes due to ceasefire violations by local armed groups.
From: Refugees International
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Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Children] [Aid] [Poverty] [Shelter & Housing] [Gender]

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