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Phoenix health clinic volunteers guide, connect with refugee women
Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Refugee Women's Health Clinic in Phoenix, working hands-on to guide refugees through every step of their appointments.
5 Sep 2010, 8:54 am | click here to view more
Are Idaho refugee agencies violating the Fair Housing Act?
Those who work with refugees at the Intermountain Fair Housing Council, say refugee resettlement agencies are not doing a good job when it comes to finding good housing for refugees, and are even violating fair housing laws.
5 Sep 2010, 5:28 am | click here to view more
Refugee from Iraq grateful to have work
Ahmed Mashshay, 40, a soft-spoken and unfailingly polite refugeefrom Iraq , measures his progress in St. Louis, his home for a yearand a half now, in tiny steps. Otherwise, there would be none tomeasure.
4 Sep 2010, 2:00 am | click here to view more
Refugee left heaven for haven when he left Bhutan for Nepal
Ganesh and Partima Kafley married shortly before they left Bhutan in April 1991. They resettled in a Nepalese refugee camp, where they lived and raised a family for 18 years.
4 Sep 2010, 12:16 am | click here to view more
SL refugee arrested for attempted human trafficking
Tirunelveli (TN), Sep 4 (PTI) A Chennai-based Sri Lankan Tamil refugee has been arrested on charges of planning the trafficking of more than 50 of his community members to Australia, police said today.
4 Sep 2010, 10:55 am | click here to view more
UN refugee agency concerned at forced deportations of Iraqis from Europe
GENEVA : The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday expressed its concern regarding the continued forced deportation of Iraqi refugees in cities in Western Europe, after 61 people were returned to Baghdad.
3 Sep 2010, 6:44 pm | click here to view more
UNHCR urges halt to unsafe Iraqi refugee returns
The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.
3 Sep 2010, 5:33 pm | click here to view more
Africa's first refugee phone network launched in Uganda
Africa's first ever refugee social network was launched in Uganda on Friday on a pilot basis where refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) will be able to trace their family or friends through a mobile phone.
3 Sep 2010, 2:25 pm | click here to view more
U.N. refugee agency blasts Europe for deporting Iraqis
The U.N. refugee agency called on European governments on Friday to halt deportations of Iraqis denouncing what it said was at least the third coordinated round of forced returns since April.
3 Sep 2010, 11:59 am | click here to view more
Sudanese refugee gets 10 years
A Sudanese refugee facing possible deportation was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for terrorizing his estranged wife and continuing to be “a threat to her.”
2 Sep 2010, 11:44 am | click here to view more