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Nursing Southern Somalia Through Civil War And Famine

Tommy Standun | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Johnson and Johnson, Civil War, Mogadishu, World Health Organization, Tommy Standun, Sos Children's Villages International, Famine, IDP Camps, Africa, Idp, Sos Children's Village, Somalia, Development, Bblog-Globalmotherhood, Community Health, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Tommy Standun

Many organizations have been driven from the country by insecurity, and the provision of supplies is severely restricted as roads are often closed by various militia and military forces. But there is hope as Somali citizens provide assistance to their own.

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US Embassy Casts Official Doubt on Haiti's Election Results

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jude Celestin, Haiti Earthquake, Mirlande H. Manigat, Michel Martelly, Camp Corail, US Embassy Haiti, Idp, 2010 Haiti Elections, National Election Council (CNO), Rene-Preval, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The US has raised a gigantic red flag that now covers the results in doubt, the official numbers are contrary to all estimates, and many, many Haitians were disenfranchised to begin with.

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Somali Refugees in Dadaab Need More Support

Michel Gabaudan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Idp, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Dadaab, Refugees, Somalia Refugees, World News
Michel Gabaudan

The Dadaab refugee camp in Northeastern Kenya is over 20 years old and has received successive waves of refugees, reflecting the political turmoil and...

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Time to Rebrand Haiti's Tent Cities as Tomas Approaches

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hurricane, Ocha, Tent Cities, Camp Corail, Haiti, Idp, Earthquake, Cholera, Foreign Aid Reform, Un, Tomas, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Haiti's Potemkin village, the Camp Corail-Cesselesse relocation camp, is not safe. With the approach of Tomas, which is morphing daily from tropical s...

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Unstable Foundations: Human Rights of Haiti's 1.5 Million IDPs

Mark Schuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Idp, Usaid, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Ngos, Haiti Earthquake, IDP Camps, Haiti, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, World News
Mark Schuller

Haiti's 1.5 million homeless have once again become invisible. Because they are not seen or heard in mainstream media, most people assume things are improving, the problem solved. Unfortunately they are wrong.

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Pakistan Flood Victims Deserve Better

Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Idp, Pakistan, Pakistan Flood, Afghanistan, Isi, Flood, Asif Ali Zardari, Afpak, Fata, Refugees, World News
Doug Sarro

Pakistan is a moral test case for the world -- do we believe that all people forced out of their homes because of conflict or natural disaster have the same rights no matter where they are from, or don't we?

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Begging for Security in Pakistan

Taha Gaya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ahmed Rashid, Pentagon, Civic, Usaid, Idps, Pakistan, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Idp, Cerp, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Drones, Greg Mortenson, Susan Rice, Three Cups of Tea, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Swat Valley, Taliban Swat Valley, General Petraeus, Pakistan IDPs, World News
Taha Gaya

As Albert Einstein famously remarked, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Last week, the UN humanita...

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Civilian Casualties Ignored in Pakistan

Chris Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Idp, Civilian Casualties, Hillary Clinton, General Petraeus, Fata, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, World News
Chris Rogers

In Pakistan, there are no official figures on civilian casualties, and very little is known about how fighting between government forces and Taliban militants harm civilians. All available indications are that civilian casualties are significant.

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Minor Infractions: Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Immigrants With Low-Level Possession Offenses

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caribbean Returnees, CARICOM Returnees, Criminal Law, Federal Immigration Law, Idp, Immigrant Defense Project, National Immigrant Justice Center, Carachuri-Rosendo, Crimmigration, Gary Patrick Anderson, Breaking Political News, Martin Escobar, Praxedis Castro-Rodriguez, Donald Overton Powell, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

One week from today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder which can potentially impact countless legal immigrants and asylum seekers.

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Transfers Imminent as Varick Street Immigration Detention Center Set to Close

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Immigrants, CARICOM Returnees, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Families for Freedom, Family-Detention, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Detention, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Detention Reform, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Returnees, Varick-Street-Detention-Center, New York News
Arlene M. Roberts

The decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to close its 300-bed facility at Varick Street in Manhattan is of great concern to immigrant rights advocates.

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Protestors Agitated, ICE Responded - and a Haitian Immigrant is Released from Detention

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Returnees, Caribbean Immigrants, CARICOM Returnees, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, Family-Detention, Haiti, Haitian Returnees, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Detention, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Janet Napolitano, Jean Montrevil, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Detention Reform, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, Trinidad-Returnees, Home News
Arlene M. Roberts

The announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that Temporary Protected Status - and suspension of deportation - would be granted to Haitian ...

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Congo Spurns Burundi Refugees at Border

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Children, War, Idp, Joseph Kabila, Hillary Clinton, Kimia II, Un, Burundi, Gatumba, Refugees, Congo, Banyamulenge, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?

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Filmmaker Cofounds Humanitarian Effort In Afghanistan

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Idp, Dina Fesler, Kelly Kinnunen, Helmand Children's Medical Fund, Need Magazine, Children's Culture Connection, Impact News

Sometimes, documenting the world's injustices is not enough. That's what NEED magazine founder Kelly Kinnunen realized on a recent trip to an IDP camp...

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The Faces of Detention and Deportation: Jean Murat Montrevil

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Deportees, Caribbean Immigrants, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, First Friends, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Reform, International Office of Migration, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Deportees, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, Isap, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

Instead of expending its resources to deport immigrants like Jean Murat Montrevil, ICE should exercise its discretion to grant Deferred Action.

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Mona Sarika | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mona Sarika, Pak, Swat, Pakistan, Bloggers, Dir, Idp, Pakistan Refugees, Bloggers Unite, Un, Internally Displaced People, Buner, World News
Mona Sarika

Due to repeated instances of plagiarism and misattribution, both on HuffPost and elsewhere, Mona Sarika's work has been removed and will no longer app...

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The Least of These: Family Detention in America

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Deportees, Caribbean Immigrants, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, First Friends, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Reform, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Deportees, Family-Detention, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

Given the financial and other challenges of housing families in detention centers, Obama should consider more 'civil' alternatives available, such as releasing families into the community.

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Majority Of Pakistan Swat IDPs Back Home

GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Swatch Watch, Idps, Pakistan, Swat, Swat Valley, Idp, Pakistan Swat Valley, Pakistan Swat, Taliban Swat Valley, Swat Idp, Swat Taliban, Taliban Swat, Pakistan IDPs, World News

ISLAMABAD: Around 90 per cent displaced people, out of the total, due to the operation in Swat, have so far returned to their homes....

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IDP Resettlement A Crucial Step To Keeping Extremism At Bay

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spotlight on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Swat, Idp, North West Frontier, Internally Displaced Persons, Internally Displaced People, Taliban, Pakistani, North-West-Frontier-Province, World News
Hisham Wyne

It was the historic lack of government involvement and social alienation that allowed Islamic militants gain a foothold in the North-Western regions in the first place.

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Pakistan's Homeless Displaced By Fighting "Totally Ignored"

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan, Idp, Internally Displaced Persons, Internally-Displaced-People, Taliban, North West Frontier, North-West-Frontier-Province, Pakistan Taliban, President Zardari, President-Zardari, Taliban Pakistan, Swat Valley, Pakistan Swat Valley, Swat Valley Pakistan, World News
Nosheen Abbas

They can't even provide us a tent, how will they make our houses? What are we expected to go back to?

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Young Pakistanis Slowly Reversing The Brain Drain

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opportunities, Brain Drain, Pakistanis, Expatriates, Emigration, Pakistan, Idp, Internally Displaced People, World News
Nosheen Abbas

The younger lot who return to Pakistan feel insecure at times, but understand that this is a temporary phase Pakistan is experiencing, and that eventually things will return to normal.

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In Waiting To Strike Taliban, Pakistan Committed Strategic Blunder

Ahsan Butt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistani Military, Pakistan, War, Swat Valley, Pakistan Refugees, Idp, Taliban, Aghanistan, Swat Taliban, Spotlight on Pakistan, World News
Ahsan Butt

When the Taliban overstepped their bounds, both literally and metaphorically, it led to greater public support for aggressive action, and gave the civilian leadership badly needed political cover to order the latest military operation against the militants.

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Pakistan's Refugees Burden Its Major Cities

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Idp, Internally Displaced Persons, Taliban, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World News

Pakistan is experiencing its worst refugee crisis since partition from India in 1947, and while the world may be familiar with the tent camps that hav...

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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refugee International, General Petraeus Surge, Shi'a Truce, Iraqi Benchmarks, United Nations, Internally Displaced Persons, US Congress, Sunni Ethnic Cleansing, Department of State, Ngo, Muqtada Al Sadr, The Surge, Unhcr, Justice and Accountability Law, Iraqi Refugees, Ehtno-Sectarian Violence, Sadrist Shi'A, Department of Defense, Siic, Kurds, Constitutional Review Committee, Abdul Al-Hakim, Baghdad, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, John McCain, Government Accountability Office, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Basra, Kirkuk, Ethnic Cleansing, Badr Corps, Marine Corps General Jones, Population Shifts Baghdad, Ucla, Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service Report, Second Largest Refugee Crisis, Shi'a Militias, Center for American Progress, War on Terror, De-Baathification Law, Sons of Iraq, Second Presidential Debate, Transparency International, Crc, 2008 Presidential Race, War in Iraq, International Crisis Group, Sigir, Msm, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Peshmerga, Maliki, Sectarian Violence, Dr. John Agnew, General Petraeus, Sunni Awakening, Icg, Krg, Igos, Isf, Idp, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

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