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30 May 2007, 5:09 am
According to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, about 1.2 million Iraqi refugees now live in Syria; the Syrian government puts the figure even higher. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 8:09 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees convened a conference in Geneva today to address the growing humanitarian crisis of displaced Iraqis--now the largest displacement of people in the Middle East since the conflict triggered by the creation of Israel in 1948. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 7:37 pm
The New York Times (Dec. 7) finally takes note of the refugee crisis the occupation of Iraq has created:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated in a report released last month that more than 1.6 million Iraqis have left... [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 4:26 pm
UN Pulse, a blog created by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York, has compiled a list of RSS feeds from various UN bodies and specialized agencies. [read post]
10 Jun 2006, 4:20 am
[JURIST] The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 [UNHCR press release] in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report [text, PDF] released Friday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [official website]. [read post]
16 May 2006, 7:42 am
The AILA Asylum Primer by Regina Germain, a veteran asylum attorney and former Senior Legal Counselor of the Washington Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is one of the Law Library's latest print acquisitions. [read post]
19 Apr 2006, 2:09 am
[JURIST] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [official website] said Wednesday that there has been a sharp decline in the number of asylum seekers globally and warned that asylum seekers worldwide face increasing threats as they are "portrayed not as refugees fleeing persecution and entitled to sanctuary, but rather as illegal migrants, potential terrorists and [read post]
28 Jun 2005, 10:12 am
Assistant UN High Commissioner for [read post]
27 Jun 2005, 8:02 pm
[JURIST] New United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres [Wikipedia profile] Monday urged countries to grant asylum to refugees rather than seal borders because of fears of terrorism. [read post]
13 Jun 2005, 3:16 am
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [official site] has urged Burundi to reconsider and warned it might be violating international law if the refugees are involuntarily returned [Reuters report]. [read post]
