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"Know Pain Of Losing Home": New UN Refugee Agency Chief Was Once In Exile
Barham Salih has known torture and the wrenching loss of exile. Four decades after his own ordeal, he has taken the helm of the UN refugee agency as it grapples with a funding shortfall and ever-rising needs.
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Rohingya Crisis: States Can't Send Back Refugees Facing Danger, Says UN Body
As India plans to deport Rohingya Muslim immigrants, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today said the principle of non-refoulement -- or not sending back refugees to a place where they face danger -- is binding on all states.
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Bodies of 95 Migrants Found Washed Up in Libya: Red Crescent
The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said today.
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Britain Says Mediterranean Migrants Should be Turned Back
Britain called Wednesday for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to be turned back, threatening to scupper a new European Union plan for quotas to redistribute migrants across the continent.
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Syrians may soon become world's biggest refugee group: United Nations
Syrians could soon overtake Afghans as the world's biggest refugee population, with their numbers expected to pass four million by year's end, a top United Nations official said on Tuesday.
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"Know Pain Of Losing Home": New UN Refugee Agency Chief Was Once In Exile
Barham Salih has known torture and the wrenching loss of exile. Four decades after his own ordeal, he has taken the helm of the UN refugee agency as it grapples with a funding shortfall and ever-rising needs.
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Rohingya Crisis: States Can't Send Back Refugees Facing Danger, Says UN Body
As India plans to deport Rohingya Muslim immigrants, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today said the principle of non-refoulement -- or not sending back refugees to a place where they face danger -- is binding on all states.
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Bodies of 95 Migrants Found Washed Up in Libya: Red Crescent
The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said today.
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Britain Says Mediterranean Migrants Should be Turned Back
Britain called Wednesday for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to be turned back, threatening to scupper a new European Union plan for quotas to redistribute migrants across the continent.
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Syrians may soon become world's biggest refugee group: United Nations
Syrians could soon overtake Afghans as the world's biggest refugee population, with their numbers expected to pass four million by year's end, a top United Nations official said on Tuesday.
