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World Humanitarian Day: People helping people

By on August 23rd, 2011

World Humanitarian Day: People helping people
Humanitarian aid workers around the world honour the sacrifice and devotion to duty that mark their work on behalf of the world’s neediest people.
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Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, UNHCR has deployed an emergency team to the Gode area, some 250 kilometres north of the refugee camps at Dollo Ado. In coordination with the Ethiopian authorities,…
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Life-saving efforts in Ethiopia continue, growing shelter needs in Djibouti
Mass distribution of UNHCR emergency aid is continuing in southern and central Somalia reaching some 30,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) this week alone. Since early July UNHCR teams have assisted…
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UNHCR distributes aid to 30,000 displaced Somalis in past week
Since early July, UNHCR has helped 180,000 people displaced by drought, famine or fighting. It plans to reach another 180,000 by the end of August.
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UNHCR launches shared web portal for Horn of Africa emergency
Nairobi, 19 August 2011
UNHCR today launched a new website providing detailed and regularly updated information from the agency and its operational partners on the refugee and displacement emergency in…
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Latest Refugee Camp News

By on August 23rd, 2011

Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp Unable to Accomodate the Growing Need
But even at Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee settlement comprised of three separate camps and now home to almost 400000 Somalis, there is not enough space or supplies to meet the growing demand. People wait with bags in a food queue at the. …
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First families settle into new Kenya refugee camp
Meanwhile as East Africa suffered its worst drought in 60 years, the Dadaab area in northeastern Kenya, where the camp stood empty found itself hosting about 400000 Somali refugees. And with other refugee camps in the area overflowing, more than 50000 …
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Ain al-Hilweh not content with Abbas’ call to give up arms
By Mohammed Zaatari SIDON, Lebanon: Residents of the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp reacted to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ agreement to hand over arms in the country’s refugee camps to the Lebanese authorities with disbelief and defiance Wednesday …
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Gillard’s big Malaysia hope

By on August 22nd, 2011

Gillard’s big Malaysia hope
Australia will now start swapping the first 800 asylum seekers arriving by boat for 4000 people already approved as refugees and awaiting resettlement in Malaysia. The proof of how well this works is yet to unfold. But Australians must also ask the …
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Danny Westneat Garage sale to help Iraqi refugees in Seattle becomes a battlefield
Zawaideh, whose travel company has offices in Jordan, Syria and Seattle, has become a sort of den mother for the Iraqi Refugee Resettlement Program in the Northwest. She collects donated furniture and household items through the Arab American Community …
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In a Pageant, a Borough’s New Face
The Clifton neighborhood, the heart of the African community on Staten Island, has long been an enclave for Liberians, who first arrived through a refugee resettlement program for those fleeing the country’s civil strife. Over the past 10 years, …
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UNHCR distributes pioneering smart ID cards to refugees in India

By on August 18th, 2011

The new ID cards have an electronic chip that contains information about the holder, including biographical details. Some 18,000 will be distributed.
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UNHCR addresses “alarming” level of child mortality in Ethiopian camp

About 10 children under five have been dying every day in Kobe camp since June. Malnutrition is the main cause, but measles compounds the problem.
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Hundreds of new arrivals in Italy from Libya and Tunisia

Almost 2,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend from Libya and Tunisia. The majority, some 1,800, set sail from Janzour, 12 kilometers west of Tripoli, Libya, where they…
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UNHCR helps secure health insurance for all registered refugees in Iran

Under an agreement between UNHCR, the government and a local company, refugees in Iran will be able to receive insurance for major medical care.
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Latest Refugee Camp News

By on August 18th, 2011

new10 ways Canadian aid money is being spent in East Africa
Care Canada: $ 3.75 million to reach severely malnourished children under five and pregnant or lactating women, including in the Dadaab refugee camp. Also providing drinking water and physical security for the camp. Action Contre La Faim: $ 2.35 million …
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Malnutrition ravaging Somali refugees in Ethiopia
Mohamed Ibrahim, a refugee from Somalia, carries the body of his 18-month-old daughter Sahro Mohamed, who died of acute severe malnutrition and dehydration, as he prepares for her burial at the Kobe refugee camp 60 km away from Dolo Ado near the …
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East Africa famine relief draws M from Canadians
Care Canada’s Kevin McCort said more than 50 per cent of the arrivals at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya are younger than 11. Tens of thousands of Somalis have fled to the camp that was already home to 300000 people. “It is an unfortunate reality that …
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Local voluneers help pack 100000 meals for Somalia
Parents are walking miles to one large refugee camp in the hope of saving their children. Hosterman was so upset, she said, “I went and pounded on my neighbor Sherri Leal’s door.” Leal runs the local chapter of Kids Against Hunger. …
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UN: Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria
Click here UN: Palestinians flee refugee camp in Syria Originally published: August 15, 2011 3:47 AM Updated: August 15, 2011 1:41 PM By The Associated Press ZEINA KARAM (Associated Press) (AP) — More than 5000 Palestinian refugees have fled a camp in …
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BCFS expands to Phoenix with new international children’s office

By on August 16th, 2011

BCFS expands to Phoenix with new international children’s office
BCFS is a contractor for the US Department of Health and Human Services — Office of Refugee Resettlement. The government program works to provide safe and stable homes for international youth who have been granted permission to stay with family or …
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Reaction to Eman al-Obeidy’s US Resettlement
This procedure should enable resettlement to take place within a set time period, and facilitate transfers of refugee cases to UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Centers when appropriate. To speak with Eleanor Acer or learn more about Human Rights First’s …
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Aiding Somali Herders a Factor in Fighting Famine

By on August 15th, 2011

Aiding Somali Herders a Factor in Fighting Famine
Dobley is often the last stop for displaced Somalis travelling to the sprawling refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya. Families often pause in Dobley, taking a few days to recover for the final push into Kenya. But with no permanent international humanitarian …
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5 Palestinian refugees killed in Syria clashes
Syria, (Pal Telegraph)-Five Palestinian refugees were killed and several were wounded on Friday at dawn during clashes took place in Homa refugee camp, central Syria. Witnesses told that dozens of Palestinian families left the camp toward the city of …
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Lost Boy of Sudan Visits Annandale for PHILLIPS School Camp
“I spent two distinct periods at two different refugee camps over the years, from 1987 to 1991. I was at a camp in Ethiopia, then I was sent back to Sudan. From there I was sent to another refugee camp in Kenya from 1992 to 2000,” said Chol. …
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UNHCR readies for transfer of Somali refugees to new camp areas

By on August 13th, 2011

Tents and infrastructure put in place at the Kambioos camp in Kenya as UNHCR moves more Somali refugees into another section of Dadaab.
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Latest Refugee Resettlement News

By on August 12th, 2011

Nativity will bless backpacks this Sunday; continues new schedule
Families also have been asked to bring filled backpacks to be contributed to Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta, which provides them to needy school-age immigrant children in the area. Nativity, which began having a single service …
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Former Burmese political prisoner chosen for UN input
Fifty delegates, one from each state, and another 10 notable refugees will attend. The congress will have four workshops, in which delegates will discuss different areas of refugee resettlement: pre-departure and initial resettlement; social, …
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Is Namibia In The Days Of King Herod?
Little wonder that the integration and resettlement of refugees is politicised and swept under the carpet, while Namibians seek asylum in Australia and elsewhere instead of the suffering refugees. These unscrupulous officers have made the entire …
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Australia and Malaysia sign ‘refugee’ deal

By on August 11th, 2011

Australia and Malaysia sign ‘refugee‘ deal
Human Rights Watch slams agreement to send 800 asylum seekers in Australia to Malaysia in exchange for 4000 refugees. Australia and Malaysia have signed a deal to send 800 asylum seekers in Australia to Malaysia in exchange for the resettlement of 4000 …
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Helping Hand | Volunteer opportunities in Southern Indiana
Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services, 2220 W. Market St., a resettlement program for refugees through the Archdiocese of Louisville, is having a “Back to School Drive” through the month of August. They need backpacks, rulers, erasers, glue, …
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Church World Service Celebrates 65th Anniversary
Ali Al Sudani, an Iraqi refugee and now director of refugee services for Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, a refugee resettlement agency and CWS affiliate, and Hlawn Kip Tlem, an ethnic Chin refugee from Burma who now lives in Indianapolis, …
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