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The Real Haunted House

Ming Holden | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Refugees, Horn of Africa, Dadaab, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Impact News
Ming Holden

Depending on how much support a refugee has received, and how consistent their surroundings are in the non-home place they find themselves, they can go from trauma victim to trauma survivor.

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The Survival Girls: Kenya, Refugee Youth, and Safe Space

Ming Holden | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Youth, Trauma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Women's Issues, International Development, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Youth Empowerment, Community Development, Gender, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Great Globe Foundation, Women's Empowerment, Hilary Clinton, Safe Space, Psychosocial-Relief, Refugees, Kenya, Ronan Farrow, Impact News
Ming Holden

Strife-ridden societies aren't furnished with peaceful town squares. I'm talking about my girls and me sitting in the dirty corner of a church, creating a temporary space from scratch with our presence.

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Terror Attacks on Israel and UNRWA's Education System

Anav Silverman | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Israel, United States, European Commission, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Palestinians, Unrwa, World News
Anav Silverman

Until UNRWA's mandate is adjusted to conform to that of UNHCR's 'durable solutions,' Palestinian children under the agency's care will continue to be educated in a culture that promotes despair and hate in a system that works against their future.

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Bosnian Refugees Get Donation After Angelina Jolie's Visit

AP | AIDA CERKEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bosnia, Bosnia Refugees, Bosnian Refugees, Angelina Jolie, Angelina-Jolie-Charity, Angelina Jolie Humanitarian, Angelina Jolie Bosnia, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt Bosnia, Unhcr, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Impact News

ROGATICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A U.S. government donation will provide housing for the last 15 people living in a Bosnian refugee camp that movi...

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As Troops Leave Iraq, Will America Forget the Refugees?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Jordan, Iraqi Refugees, Iraq War, Operation New Arrivals, South Vietnamese Refugees, Vietnam War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Immigration, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Refugees, World News
Dorian de Wind

We must exercise our moral responsibility and provide meaningful financial support for the millions of innocent Iraqi men, women and children who are the wretched legacy of a war they had no hand in.

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Freedom To Write: An Exiled Chinese Dissident, a Conference in Istanbul, and Some Milky Tea

Ming Holden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers, Human Rights, Inner Mongolia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Chinese Dissidents, China Human Rights, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Mongolia, China, Refugees, Dissidents, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, Politics News
Ming Holden

The man I met in front of the State Department Store didn't look like a refugee, which goes to show how many assumptions I had. Tumenulzii had an open and youthful face.

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Haiti Donor Conference Presents Major Challenges

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georgianne Nienaber

Speaking about rebuilding Haiti's economy, Biotek Solutions CEO Regine Barjon summed it up by saying "We can grow our own chickens."

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Fleeing to Djibouti: The Life of Somali Refugees

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uganda, Mogadishu, Unicef, Al Shahab, Somalia, Resettlement, Integration, Sudan, Djibouti, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Kenya, Refugees, Eritrea, Al Quaeda, Ethiopia, Healthy Living News
Jim Selman

According to Ann Encontre, UNHCR representative in Djibouti, southern Somalia and Mogadishu have been relying on local food supplies since WFP withdrew its food aid program in January this year.

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Human Rights Watch Damns MONUC in Congo: Leaked UN Internal Memo Supports the Accusations

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr Congo, Rwanda, Nkunda, Maiming, Anneke Von Woudenberg, Monuc, Hrw, Fdlr, Raping, Civilians in War, Fardc, Cndp, Atrocities, Kimia II, Laurent Nkunda, Eve Ensler, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), World News
Georgianne Nienaber

What has happened to the innocent in Congo goes far beyond anything that rational minds can comprehend. Is this why the US has turned such a blind eye to what is happening there?

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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Rights, Gays in Iraq, Iraq, Gays, Unhcr, LGBT Issues, Mahdi Army, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Sadr City, LGBT Politics, Sadr City Violence, Homosexuality, Iraq-Gays-Targeted, LGBT Community, Human Rights Watch, Iraq Gay Murders, Iraq Gays, Homosexuality and Religion, LGBT Families, World News
Human Rights Watch

The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Italy Illegal Immigration Crackdown Draws Fire

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Libya, Italy Immigration, Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Foreign Affairs, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Italy, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Italy Illegal Immigration, Refugees, Advocacy, Italy Iimgration Requirement for Illegal People, Illegal Immigrants in Italy, Immigration Italy, Illegal Imergrants Sanate News 07/15/09, World News

A new law in Italy seeks to impose harsh penalties on illegal immigrants in a country that has been considered a bastion for safe, illegal refuge in E...

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From Climate Science to Climate Justice: Climate Change a Symptom of Man's Inhumanity to Man

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, G-8, Law, Greed, Carbon Emissions, United Nations, Ireland, Globalization, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Mary Robinson, Human Rights, Climate Justice, Green Technology, Recession Fears, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Seattle, Green News
Sanjay Khanna

The salient and problematic underlying political reality is that it climate change the culmination of longstanding processes of colonization and realpolitik.

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Somali Refugees, Fleeing War, Face Danger, Abuse In Camps

GlobalPost | Tristan McConnell | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- "Life in Somalia is not life, it is full of bullets; there is no life in Somalia," said 70-year-old Maryam. Before she fled to Ken...

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Yemen hosts African refugees despite economic woes, social problems

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African Refugees, Islamists, Darfur, Somalia, Bab Al-Mandeb, Indian Ocean, Yemen, Arab World, Qat, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Gulf of Aden, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Red Sea, Frontline Magazine, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh, Saudi Arabia, International Labor Organization, India, Sudan, Arabian Gulf, Sana?A, Sana'A, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Yemen hosts thousands of African refugees fleeing unrest and poverty in their countries every year - with Somalis topping the list - despite its own e...

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