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A proud Iraqi laments violence against women from her Spanish exile
6 Dec 2006 Taiseer thought things would get better when US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq three years ago. Instead, the country has plunged into chaos and the position and status of women has deteriorated. She left for Spain in 2004, but often thinks about those left behind. -
UNHCR welcomes positive outcome for 51 boat people off Malta
21 Jul 2006 UNHCR has welcomed the Spanish government's role in finding a solution for a group of people stuck off the coast of Malta since being rescued by a Spanish fishing trawler. -
As thousands risk their lives at sea to reach Europe, UNHCR calls for a broad joint response to deal with the challenge
24 May 2006 As thousands of people risk their lives every month making the perilous journey by boat from North Africa to reach Europe, UNHCR calls for a better joint response to deal with the challenges of mixed, maritime migratory flows. The Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, was in the Canary Islands today to meet the authorities and see for herself the situation of recent boat arrivals. -
UNHCR presents results of asylum interviews to Moroccan authorities
11 Nov 2005 The UN refugee agency said on Friday it had presented the Moroccan authorities with its initial recommendations concerning some 40 sub-Saharan asylum seekers currently located in Guelmin in southern Morocco, and said it believed that at least 11 of them should be recognized as refugees. -
UNHCR team still awaiting access to persons of concern in Morocco
19 Oct 2005 A senior UN refugee agency team sent to Morocco on October 11 is still awaiting government permission to gain access to people of concern to UNHCR who are reportedly being held in various parts of the country as part of a government crackdown on irregular migration. -
Colombian singer lends voice to refugee cause
30 Aug 2005 Through his concerts in Spain, award-winning rock star Juanes is drawing attention to the plight of refugees and displaced people, something the Medellín-born singer-songwriter knows well. -
Crossing a continent to find peace and tolerance
10 Aug 2005 As child soldiers in West Africa, Idrissa and Mohammed were forced to fight and witness atrocities unimaginable to grown men. Both managed to escape their captors and to embark on long journeys in search of protection and safety, which they finally found in Spain. -
Spain grants asylum to battered woman
9 Jun 2005 In a landmark decision, a woman has for the first time been granted asylum in Spain because she could not obtain protection from the authorities in her country of origin against the severe and constant abuse inflicted on her by her husband and his family. -
Photo exhibition of Darfur's forsaken children opens in Madrid
2 Sep 2004 Spanish photographer Álvaro Ybarra Zavala portrays the human drama in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region and in neighbouring Chad through photos of the empty villages, the child soldiers, the displaced people and the refugees.