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  • April 2008
    • Google Tracking Refugees

      Google Tracking Refugees

      (Newser) - A new feature allows Google Earth users to take a tour of the world’s refugee hotspots, with images of camps supplemented by information from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the AP reports. The search titan has greatly improved the available resolution in its satellite photos of refugee areas—for example, individual tents are visible in a Chadian camp for Darfur’s displaced. More »

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      Google   United Nations   Darfur   refugee   Crisis in Darfur   Chad   refugee camp   Google Earth   humanitarian aid   UN High Commissioner for Refugees

  • February 2008
    • US to Admit More Iraqi Refugees

      US to Admit More Iraqi Refugees

      (Newser) - The State Department plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the US by September, despite resettling only 375 so far this year, CNN reports. Ambassador James Foley, charged with the task of accelerating resettlement, vowed to reporters that the pace will pick up in the coming months. The US promised to resettle 7,000 Iraqis in America last year but only moved in 1,600. More »

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      Iraq   Syria   State Department   Department of Homeland Security   refugee   Jordan   Iraqi refugees   UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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