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Investing in local integration in Turkmenistan
18 Oct 2007 The UN Trust Fund for Human Security is supporting a US$1.2 million project to improve living conditions in Turkmenistan's refugee-hosting areas. -
After generations away, Kazakhs come home to an independent country
9 Aug 2007 Some 600,000 ethnic Kazakhs have returned to Kazakhstan since independence, many after generations of life in other countries -
Refugees craft future in Central Asia
17 Aug 2006 Skills training is just one of many services offered to refugees and asylum seekers at two centres in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Other facilities include legal aid, talks on family planning and supplementary education - activities that have fostered an exchange between refugees and their hosts. -
Helping Chechens back on their feet in Kazakhstan
16 Aug 2006 In Kazakhstan, people who fled conflict in the Russian republic of Chechnya are not admitted to the asylum system. The UN refugee agency is helping some 5,000 of them by providing grants and legal aid to improve their lives in exile. -
UNHCR shocked by extradition of Uzbeks from Kyrgyzstan
9 Aug 2006 UNHCR said it was shocked by Kyrgyzstan's extradition of four Uzbek refugees and one asylum seeker. The refugee agency said the move violated the 1951 Refugee Convention and it was worried about the safety of the five. -
UNHCR urges Kyrgyzstan government not to deport four Uzbek refugees
14 Jun 2006 After a final court ruling on their case, UNHCR has expressed concern about the fate of four Uzbek refugees arrested last year in western Kyrgyzstan after an extradition request from Uzbekistan. The refugee agency urged the Kyrgyz government not to forcibly return the four to their homeland and said it had found resettlement places overseas for them. -
Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan still in limbo a year after fleeing Andijan violence
12 May 2006 A year after the violent events in Andijan, UNHCR continues to work for the protection of Uzbeks who fled to neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, and to support the Kyrgyz authorities in preparing themselves for a possible emergency in the future. -
UNHCR deplores forced return of Afghan refugee family from Tajikistan
16 Sep 2005 The UN refugee agency on Friday criticized the government of Tajikistan's deportation of an Afghan refugee family earlier this week, saying it was a clear violation of two international legal conventions, as well as Tajikistan's own national laws. -
Over 10,000 Tajik refugees to become citizens in Turkmenistan
10 Aug 2005 After up to 13 years as refugees on Turkmen soil, more than 10,000 ethnic-Turkmen refugees from Tajikistan will finally be able to call Turkmenistan home after last week's presidential decree to grant them citizenship.