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From Jordan's harsh Ruweished desert camp to a new life in Ottawa
11 Jan 2007 Labiba Eisa and her family have moved from one extreme to another. After more than three years of uncertainty and suffering in a harsh desert camp in Jordan, they were resettled early last month in the wintry climes of Canada -
Increasing numbers of Palestinians leaving Baghdad
27 Dec 2006 The number of Palestinians stuck on the Iraq-Syria border after fleeing violence in Baghdad has risen to 72, with more reported on the way. -
More Palestinians arrive at Iraq-Syria border to escape violence in Baghdad
22 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency said on Friday that more Palestinians have arrived at the Iraq-Syria border after fleeing Baghdad to escape increasing violence, harassment and targeted killings. -
UNHCR condemns Baghdad attack; urges countries to help fleeing Palestinians
14 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency said here Thursday it was alarmed by a militia attack on a Palestinian neighbourhood in Baghdad which left at least nine people dead, including several children, and it appealed to countries to provide a humanitarian solution for Palestinians attempting to flee Iraq. -
UNHCR alarmed by increased violence against Palestinians in Iraq
20 Oct 2006 A mortar attack last night in Baghdad's Palestinian neighbourhood of Al Baladiya leaves four Palestinians dead, a dozen wounded and many others displaced in an alarming escalation of violence that may force many more in the vulnerable refugee community to flee. -
Colombian refugees find new routes to protection in Brazil
20 Sep 2006 More and more Colombians are arriving in Brazil after fleeing persecution and conflict in their homeland. They are arriving via more varied entry points and many are opting to stay in remote areas of the country, away from large urban concentrations of their compatriots. -
Killings, abductions in Baghdad leave Palestinians in Iraq scared and angry
1 Jun 2006 The Palestinian refugee community in Iraq has become more afraid and angry following the murders of six Palestinians and the kidnapping of several others over the last two weeks in the Iraqi capital. -
Palestinians allowed into Syria after two months on the Iraq-Jordan border
9 May 2006 A total of 244 Palestinians who had been stranded for months on the Iraq-Jordan border are granted access to Syria. Another group of recent arrivals remains stranded at the Iraq-Syrian border. -
Syria to admit nearly 200 Palestinians stranded on the Iraq-Jordan border
25 Apr 2006 UNHCR has welcomed an announcement by the Syrian government to admit a group of 181 Palestinians who have been stuck on the Iraq-Jordan border since fleeing Baghdad in mid-March following death threats. The news, however, is encouraging more Palestinians, for whom there is no agreement to enter Syria, to flee to the border.