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Beginning a new life / Photo credit: BBC
30.04.2008 A first batch of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal has landed in America. Described as one of the largest resettlement programmes in the world, the US has agreed to take in 60,000 refugees. Away from sub-human conditions in the camps, they are finding their new life both strange and full of prospects.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Human rights] [Refugees] [Migration] [International cooperation]
Image: Beginning a new life / Photo credit: BBC
25.04.2008 Zimbabwen kirkot alkavat vastaanottaa maan poliittista väkivaltaa paenneita, Zimbabwen kirkkojen kattojärjestö päätti kuluvalla viikolla. Lähes kuukauden takaisten vaalien jälkeen hallitsevan puolueen masinoiman väkivallan kohteeksi ovat joutuneet opposition kannattajat. Kirkkojen kattojärjestön mukaan tilanne muistuttaa sotaa.
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Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Conflict] [Refugees] [Aid]
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23.04.2008 Afgaanit ovat Pietarin alueen suurin pakolaisryhmä. He ovat usein entisessä Neuvostoliitossa opiskelleita ja korkeasti koulutettuja, jotka hallitsevat hyvin venäjän kielen. Afgaaninaisten tapaamispaikkana toimii Punaisen ristin ylläpitämä Naisten klubi.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Afghanistan] [Refugees]
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16.04.2008 Maailmanlaajuinen ruoan kallistuminen kurjistaa erityisesti jo ennestään köyhien, kuten Somalian sisäisten pakolaisten, elämää. Kuivuuden, pitkittyneen konfliktin ja maailmanmarkkinahintojen nousun takia viljan hinta on Somaliassa jopa kolminkertaistunut viime vuoden aikana.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related topics/regions: [Somalia] [Refugees] [Poverty] [Food]
15.04.2008 YK:n pakolaisjärjestön UNHCR:n ja Googlen uusi karttaohjelma tuo pakolaisten arjen kenen tahansa nähtäville missä päin maailmaa tahansa. UNHCR:n mukaan ohjelma voi mahdollistaa humanitaaristen järjestöjen yhteisen visuaalisen ja maantieteellisen rekisterin.
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From: Pakolaisneuvonta
Related topics/regions: [ICT] [Refugees] [Aid]
A bird's eye view / Photo credit: UNHCR
10.04.2008 UNHCR and Google have unveiled the "Google Earth Outreach" programme to help understand the refugee world and ongoing humanitarian efforts. All you have to do is to sit in front of your computer and it will take you on a virtual reality tour in Chad, Iraq, Columbia and Sudan.
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Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Internet] [ICT] [Refugees]
Image: A bird's eye view / Photo credit: UNHCR
Viewing refugees
10.04.2008 You can now zoom into displacement camps in Darfur, Chad, Iraq, Colombia and elsewhere in a new online programme unveiled by Google and the UN refugee agency.
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Image: Viewing refugees
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08.04.2008 Yli kuuttakymmentä eurooppalaista pakolaisjärjestöä edustava ECRE kehottaa Euroopan unionin jäsenmaita keskeyttämään turvapaikanhakijoiden palauttamisen Kreikkaan (engl.). Syynä ovat pakolaisten ja turvapaikanhakijoiden vakavat oikeusloukkaukset.
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From: Pakolaisneuvonta
Related topics/regions: [Greece] [Human rights] [Refugees]
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04.04.2008 Somalian kriisin on paljon laajempi ja vakavampi kuin maailman siihen kiinnittämä huomio, kansainvälinen pakolaisjärjestö sanoo. Jo miljoona ihmistä on paennut kodeistaan verisemmiksi muuttuvia taisteluita.
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Image: © IRIN
04.04.2008 When recently Bhutan took its first steps towards democracy, the international community and media showered praise on its monarch. But for those living in exile for past 17 years and more, will this herald a new chapter in their lives and will they be able to return to the land that they consider their own?
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Democracy] [Human rights] [Refugees]
Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007.
04.04.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Somalia] [Ethiopia] [United Nations] [Security] [Conflict] [Arms & military] [Refugees] [Emergency relief] [Aid]
Image: Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007. © Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
03.04.2008 For people running from bullets and shells their whole lives, the idea of a peaceful future is like a mirage. With peace returning in Sri Lanka the internally displaced population are being resettled. But will they be able to live a normal life? The question lingers.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Human rights] [Refugees] [Migration]
Taisteluja paenneiden tilapäisasumuksia Somaliassa.
01.04.2008 Jopa 20 000 ihmistä pakenee joka kuukausi Mogadishun taisteluja Somaliassa. Vuodesta 1991 jatkunut konflikti on tuottanut jo lähes miljoona pakolaista.
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From: OneWorld Spain
Related topics/regions: [Somalia] [Conflict] [Refugees]
Image: Taisteluja paenneiden tilapäisasumuksia Somaliassa. © unknown / United Nations
01.04.2008 Eurooppalaisten pakolaisjärjestöjen katto-organisaation ECREn mukaan Euroopan unionin niin sanottu Dublin-järjestelmä on este yhteiseurooppalaisen turvapaikkajärjestelmän luomiselle. EU:n Dublin-asetus määrää, että turvapaikanhakijan hakemus on käsiteltävä ensimmäisessä maassa, jossa henkilö hakee turvapaikkaa.
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From: Pakolaisneuvonta
Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Refugees]
Afghans returning to their homeland / Photo credit: Akmal Dawi / IRIN
01.04.2008 In line with the policy of closing down all refugee camps in Pakistan by December next year, the government continues to send back Afghan nationals back to their country. In March alone, over 10,000 of them were repatriated. Currently, over three million registered and unregistered Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [United Nations] [Human rights] [Refugees] [Migration]
Image: Afghans returning to their homeland / Photo credit: Akmal Dawi / IRIN

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