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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 applauds Italy's treatment of boatpeople, but expresses concern over tone of political debate
22 Mar 2002 The refugee agency praises Italy's handling of the latest incident involving the arrival of nearly 1,000 Kurds on the "Monica", but expresses serious concern about the increasingly inflammatory tone of the political debate surrounding asylum and immigration issues. -
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.