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Laurie Kassman The latest World Refugee Survey issued by the U.S. Committee for Refugees estimates the global total of refugees and asylum seekers now reaches nearly 12 million. The survey this year h
Aid workers in earthquake-hit Sumatra say its unlikely they'll find survivors under the rubble. Rain is starting to hamper the rescue efforts. About 800 people are known to have died, but another 3,000 are said to be missing. The spread of disease ha
Life for Returning Afghan Refugees Goes from Bad to Worse 重返阿富汗的难民生活每况愈下 KABUL Hadeesa is only 14 years old, but her face already shows the signs of life weighing her down. She manages the familys meager resources, takes c
Poland is preparing for state funerals for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, and is awaiting the repatriation of the bodies of many of its political and military elite - all killed in a plane crash in western Russia on Saturday. Many Poles are s
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 31 October 2007 The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Italy from African war-ravaged countries like Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia shows no signs of easing despite rough seas and colder temperatures in the Mediterran
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 January 2007 The World Food Program (WFP) says it will provide a seven-day ration of food to 125 people who were wounded during the recent anti-government protests in Guinea, because the paralyzing strike is preventing rela
Liberia's government has given the go-ahead to build a refugee camp for the 22,000 Ivorians who have already fled the violent, political crisis in Ivory Coast. The head of the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission says the country
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 October 2009 A refugee girl in Dodel, a Mauritanian refugee camp in Senegal (file photo) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it has begun the final stage of the organized voluntary repatriation of Maurita
The U.N. refugee agency reported thousands of Congolese have been uprooted by the latest escalation of fighting in the South Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The UNHCR said at least 35,000 people have fled from the latest s
The U.N. refugee agency welcomed the Tanzanian government's decision to extend the deadline for the voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees. The UNHCR said about 36,000 refugees were scheduled to leave the Mtabila refugee camp in Kasulu distric
Refugees Living in Kenya Long for Peace at Home 居住在肯尼亚的难民企盼家乡和平 EASTLEIGH, KENYA Kenya is host to numerous refugees seeking safe haven from conflict. Immigrants from Somalia face challenges in their new lives in Kenya. T
Ethiopian Workers Struggle After Repatriation from Saudi Arabia 被遣返的埃塞俄比亚工人争取返回沙特 ADDIS ABABA More than 160,000 Ethiopians working in Saudi Arabia were expelled last year and sent back home due to new stricter labor
Syrian Refugees Go Home to Former Russian Riviera Syrias civil war has created more than one million refugees. Many live in border camps in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon. But a lucky few are finding shelter on the Black Sea coast, in Abkhazia, a breakawa
On The Scene: Myanmar Gets Aggressive With Border Patrols 缅甸受边境巡逻船只侵犯 MAUNGDAW, MYANMAR It is a bright, hot day on the Naf river, which forms part of Myanmars western border with Bangladesh, an area where human smugglers pick up
LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: A village in Alaska is one of the latest to rebury human remains that have been studied and stored at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Hundreds of thousands of Native American graves were excavated in the 19th
Ban Ki-moon says he's very pleased to have both China and the United States officially become signatories to the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The leaders of China and the United States officially joined the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by dep
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 August 2007 The World Food Program and U.N. refugee agency are appealing for $20 million to help tens of thousands of Burundi refugees return home after years of exile in Tanzania. They warn that food rations for Burundians
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 August 2007 Nigeria Nigeria has approved citizenship status for about7,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees in the West African country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the refugees opted to remain in
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 August 2007 Uganda The UN refugee agency says more Sudanese refugees in Uganda are voluntarily returning to their homes in South Sudan following the withdrawal of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, from the
Leading our news this morning - the bodies of Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have arrived in Jakarda for repatriation to Australia in the next couple of days. The men were executed by firing squad yesterday. And Australia retaliated