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Feature: Asylum seekers in Moscow face major challenges despite UNHCR efforts
26 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency has been working with its non-governmental partners to provide subsidised housing, public education and social services to asylum seekers in Moscow. But the legal situation remains a big obstacle. -
Dutch public experience refugee life in the heart of Amsterdam
24 Mar 2003 Two filmmakers have opened a window to the life of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia by screening their documentary film, "Sheltered Life", in a UNHCR refugee tent in Amsterdam's Leidseplein Square. -
Ingushetia camp closed; UNHCR concerned about former residents
3 Dec 2002 The closure of Aki Yurt camp has evicted some 1,500 displaced Chechens. Initial estimates indicate that just under half of the camp population remains in Ingushetia. The UN refugee agency is working to trace their location and follow up on their condition. -
Don't close Ingushetia's camps until proper alternatives are found, urges UNHCR
29 Nov 2002 More than 1,500 displaced Chechens could be homeless in the harsh winter if Ingushetia's Aki Yurt camp closes this weekend. Stressing that any return to Chechnya must be voluntary, the UN refugee agency has appealed for the authorities to postpone camp closures until alternative accommodation can be found. -
UNHCR welcomes Poland's decision to reopen doors to Chechens
19 Nov 2002 In a policy reversal, Poland has allowed 150 Chechen asylum seekers to enter the country after protests against an earlier decision to turn them away. The UN refugee agency says it hopes this is a permanent decision, and that Lithuania will follow suit. -
UNHCR urges Poland, Lithuania not to turn away Chechens
14 Nov 2002 UNHCR is urging Lithuania and Poland to keep their doors open to Chechen asylum seekers. The U.N. refugee agency made the plea amid reports that the two countries have barred the entry of Chechens following the recent Chechen terrorist attack in Moscow. -
Displaced Chechens anxious as troops move near Ingushetia camps, says UNHCR
1 Nov 2002 According to the UN refugee agency, the presence of troops near four camps for internally displaced Chechens in Ingushetia is worrying inhabitants and raising protection concerns for some who have yet to receive official registration documents. -
Insecurity forces UNHCR to suspend aid to Chechens in Georgia
2 Aug 2002 Advised by the Georgian authorities, the UN refugee agency temporarily suspends aid activities in the Pankisi Valley, leaving some 3,800 Chechen refugees with a few weeks' worth of supplies. -
UNHCR questions closure of camps for internally displaced in Chechnya
12 Jul 2002 Some 2,200 displaced Chechens have been moved to the war-ravaged capital of Grozny; UNHCR is concerned about voluntariness of the returns.