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Dutch lottery helps refugees in Nepal combat global warming
3 Feb 2006 Global warming is a worldwide concern, whether for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal or Dutch consumers in their homes. A unique project, launched in the Netherlands on Friday, is bringing these two groups and many others together to help meet the challenge. -
For Chechens, Poland is not west enough
5 Dec 2005 Although Poland has been a member of the EU for over a year, the Chechen asylum seekers there are still convinced the grass is greener further west - but the EU's Dublin Regulation means using Poland as a transit country is no longer possible, leading to a clash between Chechen hopes and European asylum realities. -
Resettled Colombians go Dutch
13 Jun 2005 A first group of Colombian refugees resettled from Ecuador is currently undergoing orientation in the Netherlands, where they hope to start a peaceful new life and to contribute to their host country. -
Dutch minister launches online refugee education kit
14 Mar 2005 Dutch education minister Maria van der Hoeven has launched "Refugee for a day", a kit by UNHCR and Stichting Vluchteling that aims to teach primary school children about the lives and experiences of refugee children, through stories of kids who escaped war and violence in Liberia and fled to Sierra Leone. -
Integration projects open doors for refugees in North Ossetia
8 Feb 2005 A slow but steady solution is in sight for tens of thousands of people who fled their homes in Georgia more than 10 years ago, through legal counselling, housing and integration projects by the UN refugee agency and its partners in the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania. -
Dutch lottery donates 1 million euros to UNHCR
28 Jan 2005 The National Postcode Lottery, the main charity lottery in the Netherlands, is supporting the UN refugee agency's work for the third year in a row. One of NPL's beneficiaries, Stichting Vluchteling, has also contributed generously to UNHCR's tsunami relief efforts. -
Chechen and Belgian refugees: Lots in common, if 90 years apart
3 Nov 2004 A photo exhibition in the North Belgian town of Zemst lets visitors share refugee experiences - past and present, local and global - by juxtaposing images of people who fled the town during World War I, and today's refugee crises in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Darfur and Western Sahara. -
UNHCR concerned about IDP backlash after attack in Ingushetia
16 Jul 2004 The UN refugee agency has raised concerns about hostile reactions and pressure on internally displaced persons in Ingushetia following the June 21 attack in the Russian republic. IDPs have been subjected to eviction threats and utility cuts in temporary settlements. -
UNHCR celebrates 50th year of Nansen Refugee Award
21 Jun 2004 More than 1,000 people gathered in Barcelona to remember the past, celebrate the present and hope for the future as this year's Nansen Refugee Award was presented to the Russian Memorial Human Rights Centre, which has helped tens of thousands of people uprooted from their homes.