Full Coverage: Refugees

28.10.2005 Saittiskaba on Suomen Pakolaisavun koordinoima webbisivujen suunnittelukilpailu yläkoululuille.. WWW-sivujen tuli käsitellä pakolaisuus- ja kehityskysymyksiä ryhmän itsensä valitsemasta näkökulmasta käsin. Voittajasivuiksi valikoituivat vantaalaisen Peltolan koulun 9i –luokan oppilaat. Sivuihin voi tutustua osoitteessa: www.edu.vantaa.fi/peltola/saittiskaba

27.10.2005 It's payback time for Pakistan, in return for the country's generosity in hosting more than six million Afghan refugees for over 25 years, the UN refugee organisation said, as the Red Cross and Red Crescent warned that thousands of earthquake survivors may die unless they get help through the winter and the United Nations raised its appeal for donations to almost US$550 million.
Meanwhile, with the UN appeal seriously underfunded, Oxfam named rich countries that have given nothing - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain - and governments that have given less than one-fifth of their fair share: Italy, Japan, Germany and the US.

27.10.2005 Mediassa suhtaudutaan turvapaikanhakijoihin kaksijakoisesti, tuoreessa väitöskirjassa osoitetaan. Media antaa tukea kontrollipolitiikalle, mutta suhtautuu samaan aikaan myönteisesti maahanmuuttajien tuomiin uusiin, helposti lähestyttäviin ilmiöihin, kuten monikulttuurisuuteen.

26.10.2005 One day after the announcement by UN Security Council of the opening of the negotiations on Kosovo’s political status Kosovo Roma have requested to be admitted to these talks.

26.10.2005 Stoves requiring less wood or charcoal fuel not only help curb deforestation and air pollutants, they also decrease the time women and children must spend outside the safety of the camp, say refugee advocates.

25.10.2005 The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration must have considerable experience with international crises, multilateral cooperation, and programs related to refugees and the reproductive health needs of women and adolescents. Unfortunately, President Bush's nominee fails on all counts, says a coalition of women's rights groups.

21.10.2005 Lutfi Haziri, the Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Government, said on Wednesday that a protocol on sustainable return of displaced persons to be signed with the Government of Serbia.

21.10.2005 Prishtinë - Ministri i Pushtetit Lokal, Lutfi Haziri, deklaroi të enjten në Prishtinë se së shpejti do të nënshkruajnë një marrëveshje me Qeverinë e Beogradit, që parashikon kthim të qëndrueshëm të personave të zhvendosur nga lufta.

21.10.2005 A growing demonstration in a small park in Egypt offers dramatic insight into the situation of those forced to flee their homelands, yet shunned by officials and neighbors where they take up residence seeking peace.

21.10.2005 As violence and lawlessness escalate, African Union (AU) soldiers struggle to protect refugees displaced by the continued fighting in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Refugees International accompanied the AU mission as it monitored the humanitarian ceasefire in effect since 2004.

20.10.2005 Suomi ottaa tänä vuonna vastaan 71 vietnamilaispakolaista osana vuotuista pakolaiskiintiötä. Ensimmäinen vietnamilaisten ryhmä saapui maahan toukokuussa ja toinen lokakuussa. Pakolaiset sijoitetaan Ouluun, Ruukkiin, Kajaaniin ja Helsinkiin.

19.10.2005 Bosfam has helped provide psychological support for displaced women in Bosnia for over 10 years, and now the members of its weaving co-operative have scored a major coup, securing a contract with Worldstock.com to sell their hand-made carpets online this holiday season.

19.10.2005 Milka Babic, Përfaqësuese e Zyrës së Popullatës, ka thënë se familjet e qytetarëve të moshuar të Vojvodinës janë të përgatitur të pranojnë familjet refugjate që jetojnë në qendra kolektive në shtëpitë e tyre, nën disa kushte të kushtuara që do të definohen më vonë.

19.10.2005 Flores Sukula is a 19-year-old asylum seeker from DRC whose family was one of the first to be made destitute under the UK’s new asylum laws. Read her speech to a meeting in parliament this week.

18.10.2005 Ka përfunduar cikli 5 mujor i projektit “Plani i veprimit për re-integrim në lagjen ‘7 Shtatori’ të Pejës” i cili ka filluar me 03 Maj 2005. Gjatë kësaj kohe janë planifikuar dhe realizuar tri faza të ndryshme.

17.10.2005 Milka Babic, the Representative of the Population Office, said that the families of senior citizens in Vojvodina are prepared to accept refugee families living in collective centres in their households, under certain conditions that are to be defined later.

17.10.2005 The Royal Netherlands Embassy provided 594,920 USD to UNDP for conducting the Return and Development Research in BiH. The research should start in January 2006, while its results are planned to be announced by July 2006.

17.10.2005 Pika kufitare e Kapshticës tashmë është gati për të pritur azilkërkuesit që synojnë Shqipërinë. Kurse policia shqiptare në rrethin e Devollit ka tashmë në dispozicion një qendër pritëse për të gjithë azilkërkuesit e vendeve të treta dhe emigrantët e paligjshëm që synojnë vendin e vogël ballkanik.

13.10.2005 Violent conflict between guerillas and the government continues to force Colombians from their villages, and those attempting to return lack basic services and security, says a Refugees International mission just back from the country.

12.10.2005 YK:n pakolaisjärjestön UNHCR:n uusi johtaja António Guterres haluaa vahvistaa pakolaisten suojelutehtävää järjestössään. Guterresin mukaan kasvava maailmanlaajuinen populismi ja rasismi koettelevat kansainvälisen pakolaispolitiikan perusteita nyt kovemmin kuin vuosiin, siitä huolimatta että pakolaisten ja turvapaikanhakijoiden määrä on ennätysmäisen alhaalla.