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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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Security Concerns Limit Syrian Refugees Coming to US
While the exodus from Syria has become the world's biggest refugee crisis, the United States is being criticized by relief organizations and some within President Barack Obama's Democratic Party for allowing only a limited flow into America.
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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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Security Concerns Limit Syrian Refugees Coming to US
While the exodus from Syria has become the world's biggest refugee crisis, the United States is being criticized by relief organizations and some within President Barack Obama's Democratic Party for allowing only a limited flow into America.
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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.
