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JRS Malta issues statement on return of asylum seekers

MALTA, July 2010—In a statement issued by JRS Malta, the agency expressed grave concern about the return of the 27 Somali asylum seekers, rescued on Saturday night from a vessel in distress within Malta’s SAR, to Libya.Read more

ICMC Deployee

More refugees leave Malawi for resettlement in the United States

LILONGWE, Malawi, 27 May 2010 (Xinhua)—Eighty refugees have left Malawi for resettlement to the United States of America between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total number of resettled refugees to the US to 112 in the month of May alone, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR confirmed on Wednesday.Read more

Southern Africa

Bishops: World Cup cloaks human trafficking

ROME, 27 May 2010 (Zenit)—Bishops of southern African nations are trying to bring global attention to the problem of human trafficking in their region.Read more

Morocco

New report examines need for protection in mixed migration

GENEVA, 21 April 2010—A recent report published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Policy Development and Evaluation Service examines the impact of the Agency's work on the well being of refugees and asylum seekers in Morocco, most of whom report having endured numerous forms of physical, psychological, economic and social deprivation over the course of their journey to and through the country.Read more

Tanzania

Tanzania gives citizenship to 162,000 Burundi refugees

KATUMBA, 16 April 2010 (BBC)—The UN has praised Tanzania for granting citizenship to some 162,000 refugees who fled Burundi 38 years ago.Read more

Ethiopia

Ethiopia opens new camp for Eritrean refugees

ADDIS ABABA, 16 April 2010 (AFP)—Ethiopia announced Thursday it has opened a new camp in the north of the country to accommodate the growing number of Eritrean refugees arriving each month.Read more

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