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UN reports drop in refugees, increase in internally displaced people

June 10, 2006 11:20:00 AM

The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by...

April 19, 2006 09:09:00 AM

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 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...

March 17, 2006 02:56:00 PM

The number of asylum applications submitted to industrialized countries has decreased for the fourth year in a row and the number of asylum seekers arriving in Western nations has plummeted by half in the last five years [UNHCR press...

February 28, 2006 08:27:00 AM

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Supreme Court of India has issued a ruling that bans all media entities from publishing or revealing any transcripts or recordings they may have of conversations that were taped illegally. The...

February 17, 2006 05:09:00 AM

The UN High Commission on Refugees has expressed alarm at Ukraine's deportation of 10 Uzbek asylum-seekers to Uzbekistan where they may face torture and abuse, alleging the deportations violated international...

January 30, 2006 09:24:00 AM

The Egyptian government has said that it will not deport hundreds of Sudanese detainees who lack status as refugees or asylum seekers. The detainees were arrested after a three-month sit-in protest in front of UN offices in Cairo resulted...

January 25, 2006 05:31:00 AM

Leading Wednesday's international brief, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has called on the UN Security Council to create a UN peacekeeping force for the Darfur region of Sudan ....

January 18, 2006 04:29:00 PM

Egyptian officials have said that 143 Sudanese refugees, detained by Cairo police after a three-month sit-in protest was forcibly broke up, will be released. As many 600 other Sudanese refugees, some of whom hail from the war torn region...

January 5, 2006 10:10:00 AM

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday appealed to Egyptian authorities in an attempt to prevent the deportation of 654 Sudanese refugees whom Cairo authorities say are in the country illegally. Also Wednesday, US-based rights...

January 3, 2006 01:30:00 PM

Egypt plans to deport 654 Sudanese refugees who were recently removed from a protest refugee camp, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. The announcement follows reports that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) received assurances [Reuters...

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