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Feature: "Dreaming of return helps me survive," say Baghdad's evicted Palestinians
25 Jun 2003 Hundreds of Palestinian refugee families evicted from their homes in the Iraqi capital are now living under UNHCR tents in a Baghdad sports centre. The UN refugee agency is working to move them to vacant government buildings as soon as possible. -
Evicted Palestinians in Baghdad to receive UNHCR aid
9 May 2003 The UN refugee agency has sent an aid convoy with emergency supplies for Palestinian refugees recently evicted from their homes in the Iraqi capital. Some Iranian refugee families have also been forced out of their homes in southern Iraq, raising fears of a post-war backlash against refugees. -
Jolie appeals for aid to help Sri Lanka's recovery
17 Apr 2003 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has urged the international community to contribute to Sri Lanka's recovery process after meeting with recent returnees, internally displaced people and other victims of the country's 20-year civil war. -
UNHCR in talks on Sri Lankans uprooted by civil war
16 Jan 2003 The UN refugee agency is getting ready to help return home more than 100,000 Sri Lankan Tamils driven from their country by almost two decades of civil war, but officials warn that proper conditions for return have yet to be created. -
$10 million needed to help Sri Lankans go home, says UNHCR
11 Oct 2002 Now that a cease-fire is in effect, the UN refugee agency is appealing for funds to help some 60,000 Sri Lankan families return home with various assistance items and basic infrastructural repairs. -
Sri Lankan boat people disembark in East Timor
2 Aug 2002 After travelling 3,000 miles and spending 40 days on a boat, 56 Sri Lankans on their way to New Zealand were finally allowed to dock and disembark in East Timor. -
UNHCR welcomes Canadian ruling limiting torture-related deportations
15 Jan 2002 UNHCR welcomes a ruling by Canada's Supreme Court limiting the government's power to deport terrorist suspects if they face the possibility of torture on their return home.