Full Coverage: Refugees

30.12.2005 Euroopassa kiertävät turvapaikanhakijat ovat järjestelmän väärinkäyttäjiä ja “turvapaikkashoppailijoita”? Tämä ja muita pakolaisiin ja turvapaikanhakijoihin usein liitettäviä väitteitä korjataan esitteessä "10 Väitettä ja faktaa turvapaikanhakijoista ja pakolaisista".

29.12.2005 Fighting across Sudan’s western Darfur provinces has swelled the number of internally displaced people by thousands, says the UN Mission in Sudan.

27.12.2005 Although the massive volume of aid money helped overcome severe logistical problems immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami which killed more than 280,000 people, it also contributed to a lack of coordination between smaller, less experienced agencies and the more seasoned charities, thus hampering the long-term recovery effort.

27.12.2005 It may require something close to divine intervention to tide over the post-tsunami habitat problems. Of the 100,000-odd families displaced by the tsunami in south India, over 92% still live in temporary shelters, makeshift tents and public buildings, in rented houses or with relatives. The recent rains have worsened the situation, virtually turning hundreds of tsunami-affected families into a floating population.

27.12.2005 Coastal communities across the Indian Ocean yesterday marked the first anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami that left 230,000 people dead, with ceremonies of tearful remembrance and hopeful thanksgiving.

23.12.2005 It was a frame of a helpless woman: cheek on the wet sand and arms stretched, perhaps asking a question. She is wailing right next to a bloated, lifeless hand. To this day, it remains one of the most starkly emotional images of last year’s tsunami. Indira, the subject of that award-winning photo, today is emaciated and disappointed...

21.12.2005 Mothers who had lost their families and their children to the tsunami, nearly one year back, are again giving birth and bringing up new families in coastal Tamil Nadu with help from the government and local doctors.

21.12.2005 The Home Office has admitted it was searching for an Iraqi Kurd who had been unlawfully deported to Iraq.

20.12.2005 The Ministry of Return and Communities, the United Nations Development Program and UNMIK Office for Return signed on Monday three projects in support of return amounting €4.35 million.

16.12.2005 A newly reconstructed sewage system in Smaq/c village was officially inaugurated and handed over to the municipality of Prizren and the community of Smaq/c village, following the completion of works partially funded from the Government Assistance to Returns (GAR) project. The GAR project is 100% financed by the Government of Kosovo.

15.12.2005 Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries, has unexpectedly become the destination of many destitute immigrants from the Horn of Africa, Yemeni security sources have revealed.

14.12.2005 Suomen valitusta Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuimen (EIT) langettavasta päätöksestä ei tutkita. Suomi valitti heinäkuun lopulla EIT:n päätöksestä, jonka mukaan Suomi oli rikkonut epäinhimillisen kohtelun kieltoa käännyttäessään turvapaikanhakijan. Suomen viranomaiset perustelivat ratkaisuaan turvapaikanhakijan matkareitin epäselvyydellä.

14.12.2005 Hundreds of families remain displaced after US-led offensives earlier this month against insurgent activity in the cities of Ramadi and al-Qaim in the west of the country.

09.12.2005 Global Response fton qytetarët e mbarë botës që të shkruajnë letra të njerëzishme zyrtarëve të Kombeve të Bashkuara duke kërkuar veprim të menjëhershëm për të boshatisur kampet e kontaminuara me plumb në Kosovë dhe të ofrojnë strehim të sigurt dhe përkujdesje shëndetësore për njerëzit e prekur romë.

08.12.2005 The 6th International “One World” Festival of Human Rights Documentary Films was opened on Monday, December 5, at the ABC1 Cinema in Pristina. The Festival is organized by the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms – CDHRF.

08.12.2005 As the tsunami anniversary comes close, crises caused by natural disasters continue in Pakistan and many other parts of the world. Taking into account the disasters that took place during the year, UNICEF has said that 2005 has been an unprecedented year of emergencies for children, with an extraordinary series of natural disasters, food crises, and conflicts tearing at the fabric of life for tens of millions of people.

08.12.2005 The Guardian newspaper highlights life in pictures from coastal Sri Lanka and India one year after the tsunami. The pictures were taken by photographer Tim Hetherington and will be displayed at an exhibition - Every Time I See the Sea: Life After the Tsunami - all over the UK begining December 9, 2005.

07.12.2005 Qeveria gjermane ka ndarë 500 mijë euro për largimin e romëve, ashkalinjve dhe egjiptianëve nga kampi, i cili gjendet në pjesën veriore të Mitrovicës dhe rivendosjen e tyre në ish-kampin ushtarak francez “Astro”.

07.12.2005 The German Government has provided €500.000 for relocation of Roma, Ashkanli and Egyptian communities in lead-contaminated camps to Astro, the former French Military Base.

07.12.2005 YK:n pakolaisjärjestö on huolissaan EU-direktiivistä, joka uhkaa vakavasti alentaa turvapaikkastandardeja Euroopan unionissa. Jäsenmaat hyväksyivät turvapaikkamenettelyjä koskevan direktiivin torstaina 2.12. Brysselissä.