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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Crocker: Speed Up Iraqi
Refugee Policy

Ambassador says 10,000 expats could take 2 years to admit

Sep 17, 07 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ambassador Ryan Crocker says the US needs to get moving on admitting Iraqi refugees. In a State Department memo titled "Iraqi Refugee Processing: Can We Speed It Up?", Crocker writes that thousands of desperate Iraqis are facing bottlenecks to their resettlement, and that at the present rate it would... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees

Israel Agrees
to Accept Darfuris

Citizenship will be extended to some, not all, Sudanese refugees

Sep 6, 07 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has softened its stance on the Sudanese refugees who have been seeking the right to stay in the country, saying yesterday it will grant citizenship to 300 to 500 Darfuris whose fate has generated widespread concern. Said the Jewish state’s interior minister, “Israel, with its history, must... More »

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Israel • Darfur • Sudan • Egypt • refugee • kibbutzim

Iraqis Fleeing to US Hindered

Workers' lives are in danger, but exit routes are clogged

Aug 29, 07 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqis who have worked with the occupation forces, endangering their own lives, face overwhelming obstacles if they want to enter the US as refugees. Tens of thousands of locals work for contractors, but because they're not directly employed by the US government, they're not eligible for special immigration status. The... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • Syria • United States • Titan • refugee • DynCorp International • Parsons Corporation

Afghan Refugees Flooding Home, Some Forced From Camps

Mass repatriation may be new disaster

Aug 20, 07 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan refugees are returning to their post-Taliban nation by the hundreds of thousands, and there are few resources to support them. Much of the repatriation is voluntary, the BBC reports, with newfound stability attracting Afghanis who fled as long as 25 years ago; others have been forced out of Pakistani... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • refugee camp • repatriation • land mines • refugee

Iraq's Upper Class Flees

2M Iraqi refugees flood surrounding region

Aug 20, 07 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 2 million Iraqis have left home, mostly crossing the borders into neighboring Jordan and Syria. And the upper class has been the first to go—robbing the country of the doctors, engineers and government officials necessary to rebuild it. With one of ten Iraqis living abroad, the war... More »

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Iraq • inflation • Jordan • Syria • overcrowding • unemployment • asylum • refugee • Iraqi refugees

Israel Rejects Refugees from Darfur Region

Jewish state conflicted about denying migrants targeted by genocide

Aug 19, 07 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has turned back 48 Africans to Egypt and says it will no longer accept Darfur refugees who illegally enter the country, the AP reports. Some of the 50 migrants a day who have already snuck into the country will be allowed to stay, Israel says, but all others will... More »

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Israel • Africa • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • Egypt • asylum • refugee

(Newser) - Over 2 million Iraqis have fled their war-torn homeland, with 50,000 more leaving each month for neighboring countries—primarily Jordan and Syria. A UN official is terming the exodus a "humanitarian crisis," and the organization is calling for extra funding to cover medical supplies and shelter for... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • humanitarian crisis • immigrant • refugee

Ambassador Asks US to Issue Visas to Iraqi Workers

Baghdad envoy speaks up for imperiled locals

Jul 22, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fearing for the safety of locals employed by the American government in Iraq, the US ambassador wants the administration to issue them immigrant visas. Ryan Crocker's unusual request spotlights competing pressures, the Washington Post reports: the danger to Iraqis perceived as aiding the occupiers, the worsening refugee crisis, and Washington's... More »

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Ryan Crocker • US embassy in Baghdad • refugee • Iraq war

Isolated Gaza Goes Hungry

Food is hard to come by for Palestinians in Hamas-controlled region

Jun 29, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fuel shortages have become familiar, and now food staples like flour and sugar are increasingly hard to come by in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Aid agencies are doing their best to forestall an impending humanitarian crisis, the Globe and Mail reports, but with the main commercial crossing from Israel closed... More »

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food • Israel • Middle East • hunger • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • aid • refugee

Lebanese
Vow to Crush Militants

Refugee camp destroyed; residents caught as army fights Fatah al-Islam

Jun 3, 07 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Lebanese army vowed yesterday to continue its attack on Fatah al-Islam members holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Beruit though the camp is now 60 percent demolished. As many as 25,000 of its 31,000 occupants have fled, the Guardian reports, and thousands remain trapped. More »

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Lebanon • Palestine • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Lebanese Army • Beruit • refugee • al-Qaeda • UN Security Council

Army Battles Militants Near Lebanese Refugee Camp

Bombardment escalates as death toll tops 80

Jun 1, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanese troops continued to try to dislodge militants from a Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli today, extending a two-week siege that has led to the worst violence in the country since the civil war that ended in 1990. At least 84 people have died in the fighting, and more than... More »

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Lebanon • Palestine • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • Tripoli • Lebanese Army • siege • refugee • al-Qaeda

Iraqi Refugees Resort to Prostitution

Displaced women
turn to sex trade
to support families

May 29, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Iraqi refugees flood across the border into Syria, more and more women are turning to prostitution to support themselves and their families. The Times visits the Damascus area, where some women approach men on the street, some work at clubs known as "casinos," and some are even... More »

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Iraq • prostitution • Syria • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

More Violence Looms in Lebanon

Palestinians enraged at Lebanese troops threaten uprising

May 25, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clashes between the Lebanese Army and a Palestinian militant group could spread throughout Lebanon, politicians, diplomats and refugees tell the Guardian. Anger is building among Palestinians  over civilian casualties from shelling of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp during clashes with Fatah al-Islam militants last week. More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Palestine • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • Lebanese Army • refugee • militant

Thousands Flee Lebanon Camp

Lull in fighting allows Palestinians to escape violence, horrid conditions

May 23, 07 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Palestinians escaped heavy fighting inside a Lebanon refugee camp yesterday. The BBC reports vehicles flying white flags and crammed with people fled the Nahr al-Bared camp during a lull in the battle between Lebanese army units and the militant group Fatah al-Islam. Refugees are heading for another camp... More »

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Lebanon • Palestine • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • refugee

Lebanon Seeks Aid in Fighting Islamists

Minister asks foreign governments for cash as troops shell refugee camp

May 22, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanon's finance minister appealed to Arab and Western governments yesterday, begging for money and supplies to help fight militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. Thirty Lebanese troops, 15 members of the group Fatah al-Islam, and more than 25 civilians have been killed in two days of clashes. More »

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Islam • Lebanon • Syria • Palestine • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • extremists • Lebanese Army • refugee • George W. Bush

Ethiopia Pushes for Somalia Pullout

UN calls refugee crisis worse than Darfur's; skirmishes continue

May 15, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ethiopia wants its troops out of Somalia, where the UN says the refugee crisis is now worse than the situation in Darfur, the BBC reports. But a pullout now could spell disaster for the estimated 300,000 Somalis displaced by recent fighting between the Ethiopia-backed government and the Islamist resistance,... More »

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Somalia • Africa • United Nations • Ethiopia • aid • resistance • African Union • Mogadishu • refugee

Dems: Admit Iraqi Refugees

House Dems back bill easing resettlement

May 10, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Iraq war refugees numbering in the millions and as many as 70,000 joining their ranks each month, House Democrats will introduce a bill boosting the number of displaced Iraqis eligible for resettlement in the U.S. A total of 18 Iraqi refugees entered the U.S. in February... More »

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Iraq • immigration • Congress • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

Iraqis Flee on the "Highway From Hell"

With the border to Jordan closed, 1,000 Iraqis a day hazard an escape to Syria

Mar 29, 07 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every day, more than a thousand Iraqis risk their lives on a nightmarish journey from Baghdad to crowded, chaotic border crossings into Syria. Ambushes, murders, roadside bombs and kidnappings are common hazards along the 340-mile road   "Highway From Hell." More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • Baghdad • kidnapping • war • bombing • refugee

Iraqi Refugees Flood Into Syria and Jordan

Iraqis are fleeing to their neighbors by the millions, while the U.S. sits pretty

Mar 21, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraq war has created nearly two million refugees, and they're going largely ignored by world governments, the UN warns. "There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war," says a UN refugee agency spokesperson. Most of the refugees stream into neighboring... More »

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Iraq • immigration • United Nations • Jordan • Middle East • Syria • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

Gitmo Tagged for Cuban Refugees

Navy plans to prevent post-Castro Cuban exodus

Mar 6, 07 11:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Anticipating that Fidel Castro's death will prompt thousands of Cubans to attempt to join their expatriate countrymen in South Florida, U.S. authorities are making space for them—in Cuba. The Miami Herald reports that the DOD has budgeted $18 million to expand its base at Guantanamo Bay to handle... More »

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Florida • Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Guantanamo Bay • refugee

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