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Ivory Coast Refugees Living With Former Liberian Refugees Bigger refugee camps are going up along Liberia's eastern border for more than 150,000 people who fled Ivory Coast's political crisis, earlier this year. Many Ivorian refugees are living in lo
The problem of refugees is getting bigger and bigger. In fact, it is such a problem that there are now many different words for refugees. There are refugees, political refugees, displaced persons, internally displaced persons, migrants, and more. A l
Customers at a Washington DC falafel shop are praising the tasty food as well as the owners efforts to help refugees. Falafel Inc. is located in the Georgetown area, one of the citys most expensive places to eat and live. Many people cannot believe t
The United Nations refugee agency reported Tuesday that nearly 69 million people were displaced last year. Each of the last five years has set a record. This years number tops all of them. The U.N. estimates that about 44,000 people become refugees e
Safe from the violence in Syria, Hussein Hassan now fears his children face another threat the icy water that floods their shelter in Lebanon. Hassan and his 11-member family fled conflict near their village near Deir ez-Zour two months ago. They are
Mtabi Ebeula speaks softly as he remembers fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo with his family to escape the rebels. They were killing people, he says. I left because of them. Ebeula is a small, 57-year-old man who lives with his wife and ni
By Ron Corben Aid workers in Thailand say a change of leadership in Burma has dashed hopes that Burmese refugees would soon be able to go home. There are fears the new government will take a more hard
United States government records show that nearly 68 percent of all refugees arriving in the country over the past nine months are Christian. That information comes from the U.S. State Department. The acceptance rate represents a 16-year high for Chr
US Will Turn Back Any Haitian Refugees, Warns Bush Scott Stearns President Bush says the United States will turn back any Haitian refugees who try to reach the United States. Mr. Bush is calling for a
Michael Kitchen The head of the United Nations' refugee agency says security in Afghanistan is still inadequate and is asking the international community to increase its presence in the country. U.N.
AS IT IS 2015-09-06 Are They Migrants or Refugees? Young and old, they walk along the highway, weary and struggling. Others lay down on the train tracks in Hungary. A small lifeless body of a boy washes up at a beach resort in Turkey. Seventy-one bod
Syrian Refugees Resented by Some in Turkey Antakya, a small city near Turkey's border with Syria. Some residents recently protested against Syrian refugees here and some have asked police to remove them from their neighborhoods. Syria's civil war has
Authorities Prepare for Refugees Fleeing Fighting in Raqqa ROJAVA, SYRIA As fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces move on Raqqa, the Islamic State's defacto capital, many residents of the northern Syrian city and nearby villages are flee
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - FutureShack' for Refugees By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, July 05, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Sean Godsell designs buildings. He is
The United Nations has warned an unprecedented acceleration of humanitarian crisis in Syria as the country has suffered more conflicts. The UN has also called for more funds from all governments to support the victims in Syria's civil war. The UN Hig
Addressing the Leader's Summit on Refugees, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has revealed Chinese plans to spend an additional 300-million US dollars over the next three years. Each year in the next three years, China will provide 50 million dollars to mul
By Lisa Schlein The U.N. Refugee Agency says large numbers of Congolese refugees have left Burundi and returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past few days. The UNHCR says it is not encou
By Lisa Schlein The U.N. refugee agency says its program to repatriate thousands of Liberian refugees after many years of exile is gathering momentum. The UNHCR says a first group of nearly 200 Liberi
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 February 2008 The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports more Sudanese refugees have arrived in eastern Chad, following renewed attacks on Jebel Moun in West Darfur. The UNHCR says it is difficult to estimate how many people ha
By Sarah Simpson N'Djamena 09 February 2008 Many Chadian refugees in neighboring Cameroon are heading back to their capital N'Djamena, which they fled following a failed coup by rebels who attacked the city. But after days squatting in difficult cond