Full Coverage: Refugees

31.12.2007 United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, set up last year to help countries ravaged by conflicts, will now be available to Nepal. There is an urgent need to consolidate the country’s peaceful gains after the government and Maoists formally ended the decade-long civil war, which left thousands dead and many more displaced.

17.12.2007 Renewed fighting between army troops and rebel forces in the eastern province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is worsening displacement among civilians in the area and leading to forced recruitment of displaced people, including children, as fighters.

05.12.2007 Kirkon Ulkomaanavun nuorten vaikuttamisverkoston mukaan unionin turvapaikkapolitiikka ei ole oikeudenmukaista, koska turvan saamisen edellytykset ovat erilaiset eri maissa.

03.12.2007 Maahantulijat joutuvat lähes poikkeuksetta väkivallan ja laittomien palautusten kohteeksi Kreikan rannikolla, kertoo saksalaisen PRO ASYL ja kreikkalaisen Greek Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants -järjestön tuore selvitys (engl.).