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<title><![CDATA[Syria Crisis: UNHCR urges European Union states to honour their asylum system principles]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[These include ensuring access to territory, access to asylum procedures and harmonized approaches to the adjudication of asylum claims.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unaccompanied children look toward school after ordeal to reach Europe]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,500 minors seeking asylum arrived in Belgium without other family members last year, exceeding the capacity of asylum centres.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brussels municipality assists homeless Roma asylum-seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[To alleviate the problem, a municipality in the Brussels region opens an emergency reception centre for Roma asylum-seekers who were living rough. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in Belgium]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After years on the road, Filmon, his wife and twins have been resettled to Belgium from Choucha camp near the Tunisia-Libya border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing numbers of unaccompanied minors seek asylum in Belgium]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and the Belgian government are alarmed at the rising number of young unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the European country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR Recommendations for Belgian EU Presidency]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This week we issued recommendations for the Belgian EU Presidency which starts on July 1 for a six month term. As the EU works to establish a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), UNHCR suggests six steps...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief urges European Union to set a positive example on refugee protection]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres calls on European Union member states to set a positive example in the area of refugee protection. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes resumption of Belgium resettlement programme]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday September 2nd, 36 Iraqi refugees were resettled to Belgium from Syria and Jordan. Their arrival marks the resumption of resettlement by Belgium, which was actively involved in resettlement...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR issues educational toolkit on asylum and migration in Europe]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration launch a toolkit to help youth gain a better understanding about asylum and migration in Europe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief meets top EU officials; calls for a "Europe of Asylum"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner Guterres stresses the importance of UNHCR's partnership with the European Union during a visit to Brussels.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR launches refugee poster campaign in Belgium]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR launches bilingual poster campaign aimed at raising awareness in Belgium about refugees and highlighting their need for protection.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report says young refugees suffer abuse after arrival in Europe]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A study conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands has found that young female and male refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are extremely vulnerable to several types of gender-based violence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asylum seekers get rare chance to tell their stories in Brussels exhibition]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A striking new exhibition in Brussels gives refugees an opportunity to tell policy-makers their stories of seeking asylum in the European Union (EU), which plans to introduce a common asylum system by the end of the decade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A taste of Belgian Christmas warms hearts of asylum seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[When a Belgian newspaper in the province of Limburg launched an initiative asking its readers to invite an asylum seeker to Christmas dinner, over 100 families responded. For the Belgian hosts and their guests it turned out to be a memorable experience full of human warmth, and the start of some unexpected friendships.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chechen and Belgian refugees: Lots in common, if 90 years apart]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A photo exhibition in the North Belgian town of Zemst lets visitors share refugee experiences - past and present, local and global - by juxtaposing images of people who fled the town during World War I, and today's refugee crises in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Darfur and Western Sahara.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 3 Nov 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Handicap International awarded Nansen Medal]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced Tuesday that the Nansen Medal will be awarded this year to the Franco-Belgian non-governmental organization Handicap International for its outstanding...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Oct 1996 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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