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50 years on in Germany, Eastern Europe's displaced still remember UNHCR
5 Jan 2006 After the end of World War II, millions of people found themselves living outside their own country, including many slave labourers from Eastern Europe taken to Germany by the Nazis. One of UNHCR's first programmes was to provide housing and education for the most vulnerable of these uprooted people. Some 50 years later, the benefits of that programme are still being felt. -
Revocation procedures alarm Iraqi refugees in Germany
4 May 2005 More than 18,000 refugees in Germany, most of them Iraqis, are now subject to so-called revocation procedures stating that refugees should have their status revoked if the preconditions for granting asylum have ceased to exist. UNHCR has stressed that no Iraqis should be forced to return to the uncertainty at home. -
New German immigration law includes advances in refugee protection, says UNHCR
12 Jul 2004 The German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has passed a new immigration law that widens the scope of refugee protection to include people facing non-state and gender-specific persecution. So-called complementary or subsidiary protection is also strengthened. -
Symposium focuses on future of refugee protection in Germany, EU
23 Jun 2004 The two-day event in Berlin touched on the strengths and weaknesses of a draft immigration law in Germany - including improved protection for victims of non-state and gender-specific persecution - while discussing issues related to the harmonisation of asylum policy in the European Union. -
Bonn exhibition tells story behind refugee faces and figures
8 Jan 2004 An exhibition in Germany's former capital, Bonn, features extraordinary portraits of displaced children taken by world-famous photographer Sebastião Salgado, with an accompanying installation by artist Helen Escobedo. -
UNHCR applauds Germany's proposal to modify immigration law
9 Nov 2001 Germany's decision to modify its immigration law to make it possible for victims of persecution from "non-state agents" to qualify for refugee status was applauded by the UN agency.