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<title><![CDATA[In Romania, Congolese refugee does as the Romanians do]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Jean-Louis Kialoungou has had a long love affair with Romania and over the years the Congolese refugee has come to see himself as Romanian.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania's "Oprah Winfrey" uses TV to shine a spotlight on refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Mbela Nzuzi fled her native Democratic Republic of the Congo for political reasons in 1997 and ended up in Romania. Today, she is a TV star with her own chat show.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A persecuted Iraqi journalist forges a new life in Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An Iraqi journalist is targeted, kidnapped and held captive for three months before escaping. After a perilous journey, he finds refuge in Romania.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eritrean refugees arrive in Romanian emergency transit centre from Tunisia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A first group of 30 Eritrean refugees arrive at a special centre in Romania ahead of resettlement. They spent weeks in Tunisia after fleeing Libya.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees from Myanmar arrive in Bucharest as Romania joins ranks of resettlement countries]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Romania for the first time accepts refugees for resettlement, following the recent arrival in the European country of 38 refugees from Myanmar.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief visits emergency transit centre in Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Europe's first emergency transit centre and meets Sri Lankan and Palestinian refugees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Emergency transit centre in Romania sets precedent for other countries]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Dignitaries cut a ribbon to formally open the centre as refugees look on.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees evacuated from desert camp to safe haven in Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of Sudanese refugees swap the heat and sand of Iraq for the cold of Romania as they shelter in a special transit centre awaiting resettlement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sudanese refugees evacuated from Iraq arrive in Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ A group of 42 Sudanese refugees arrived in the Romanian city of Timisoara last night after being evacuated from a makeshift camp in the desert in Iraq. The refugees, who have been provided with winter...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sudanese refugees arrive in Romania after incredible journey]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After an incredible journey, a group of 97 Sudanese refugees from Darfur arrive in Romania en route to a new life after years stuck in a desert camp in Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Central, Eastern Europe aim to improve refugee status decisions]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Eight European Union countries, now meeting in Budapest, are to spend 18 months reviewing and developing the quality of their asylum status decisions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania: Evacuation transit centre to be established]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ An evacuation transit centre for people in urgent need of international protection will be established in Romania, according to an agreement signed in Bucharest yesterday by the Romanian government, UNHCR...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania to set up evacuation transit centre for refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Romania has agreed to set up a special evacuation transit centre for refugees in other countries facing acute danger. It will be the first of its kind in Europe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uzbek refugees wait in Romania for resettlement: "I went to the bazaar and ended up in a refugee camp"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Last May, life abruptly changed for hundreds of Uzbeks in the town of Andijan, forced by violence to flee to neighbouring Kyrgyzstan. Of 439 who were moved to Romania last July to await permanent resettlement, more than 100 have now left for their permanent new homes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student journalists face the challenge of reporting on asylum]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An Irish journalism student recently won a UNHCR competition for reporting on asylum issues. The prize was a trip to Romania to witness developments in refugee protection on the borders of the European Union.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uzbeks: UNHCR praises Kyrgyz authorities, hopes for quick resettlement for Uzbeks in Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ A fourteen-strong UNHCR team has arrived in Romania over the last few days to help colleagues on the ground and the national authorities with resettlement procedures for 439 Uzbek refugees who arrived...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan: Uzbek refugees transferred to Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ The second stage of a humanitarian air transfer of Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan ended this morning after 439 Uzbek refugees landed in Timisoara, Romania around 8.40 a.m. Geneva time (7.40 a.m. Romanian...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses gratitude to Romania for hosting Uzbek refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Thursday, 28 July 2005 GENEVA - The UN refugee agency expresses its deep gratitude to the Government of Romania for its decision on Thursday to host a group of Uzbek refugees on a temporary basis. The...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uzbek refugees set to fly from Kyrgyzstan to Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UN refugee agency chief António Guterres has welcomed Romania's decision to temporarily accept a group of Uzbek refugees now in Kyrgyzstan, and assured Romania that UNHCR will transfer them to permanent resettlement countries as soon as possible.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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