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New permits allow Indonesian refugees to move on in Papua New Guinea
14 Oct 2005 On the first anniversary of their transfer to a remote refugee settlement area in Papua New Guinea, a group of 184 refugees from Indonesia's Papua province (formerly known as Irian Jaya) have been granted residency permits which will transform their daily lives -
Rohingya refugees living in tough conditions in Bangladesh camps
21 Sep 2005 After fleeing persecution in Myanmar in the early 1990s, some 20,500 Rohingya refugees continue to live in tough conditions in camps in Bangladesh, unwilling to repatriate and uncertain about their future. -
Basketball bonus lets young refugees shoot hoops of hope
1 Sep 2005 With an extra bounce in their step, students in refugee settlements in East Awin, Papua New Guinea, are rediscovering the joys of playing basketball, thanks to a donation by the Fédération Internationale de Basketball that is drawing young refugees and locals together. -
Last Vietnamese boat refugee leaves Malaysia
30 Aug 2005 Over the weekend, Doan Van Viet became the last of the over 250,000 Vietnamese "boat people" to leave Malaysia. Unlike many friends and relatives who chose to be relocated to other countries over the years, Doan opted to return to Viet Nam to marry his fiancée and reunite with his long-lost family. -
Rohingyas from Myanmar living in risky conditions in Bangladesh
19 Jul 2005 More than 6,000 ethnic Muslims from Myanmar are living in risky and squalid conditions on river flats in Cox's Bazar district, vulnerable to seasonal high tides and flooding. A joint initiative including UNHCR recently visited them after months of urging the Bangladesh government to move them to safer ground. -
UNHCR returns to Indonesia's Aceh province to provide shelter assistance
27 Jun 2005 Six months after the tsunami, the government of Indonesia has invited the UN refugee agency to return to the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam to assist in providing shelter as part of the longer-term tsunami emergency rehabilitation effort. -
UNHCR welcomes acceptance of resettled refugees in Sheffield, UK
19 May 2005 More than 50 refugees from Myanmar have arrived in the United Kingdom as part of a joint government-UNHCR resettlement initiative aimed at helping long-term refugees with protection problems in their country of first asylum. -
Vietnamese "boat boy" practices medicine in Tibet
28 Apr 2005 Thirty years ago, Saigon fell to the Communists, prompting hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people to flee in the following years. Among the refugees who washed up in Malaysia in 1977 was a boy who is now a Swiss-trained doctor helping rural and nomadic people in Tibet. -
UN refugee agency winds up work in Indonesia's tsunami-hit region
24 Mar 2005 UNHCR is phasing out its emergency relief operations in Indonesia's Aceh province in a move that coincides with the government's announced plans for the transition from emergency relief to long-term reconstruction.