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Kyrgyz visit for Assistant High Commissioner to help Uzbek asylum seekers
24 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency's Assistant High Commissioner, Kamel Morjane, is travelling to Kyrgyzstan to seek an acceptable solution to the precarious situation of some 450 Uzbek asylum seekers in the country, including 29 men facing possible deportation. -
Don't force more Uzbek asylum seekers home from Kyrgyzstan, urge UN agencies for refugees, human rights
23 Jun 2005 The UN High Commissioners for human rights and for refugees have appealed to the Kyrgyz government to allow all Uzbek asylum seekers in the country to be properly screened to determine if they are refugees and to ensure their protection under international refugee and human rights law. -
UNHCR urges Kyrgyzstan to stop security forces deporting Uzbeks
10 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has expressed shock at the deportation of four Uzbek men and urged the Kyrgyz authorities to halt further deportations of Uzbek asylum seekers until they have gone through proper procedures to determine whether or not they are refugees. -
Helping Crimean Tatars feel at home again
8 Jun 2005 Decades after they were deported from the Crimean peninsula under the Stalin regime, thousands of Tatars have returned to their ancestral homeland, now part of Ukraine. Simplified procedures have allowed most of them to become Ukrainian citizens, but the challenges of reintegration remain. -
UNHCR welcomes relocation of Uzbek asylum seekers from border camp
6 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency on Monday welcomed the Kyrgyz authorities' successful operation to relocate 467 Uzbek asylum seekers away from the makeshift border camp where they had been living since the violent crisis that erupted in the Uzbek town of Andijan on May 13. -
Kyrgyzstan assures UNHCR asylum seekers do not face deportation to Uzbekistan
3 Jun 2005 The government of Kyrgyzstan has reiterated its commitment to honour its international agreement that bans the forcible return of asylum seekers who fled violence in neighbouring Uzbekistan. -
UNHCR urges Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan to keep border open
17 May 2005 The UN refugee agency has appealed to both governments to keep their border open for possible new arrivals following the recent violence in Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, emergency supplies have arrived for 541 asylum seekers in the Kyrgyz border town of Jalal-Abad. -
Ukraine offers new home for asylum seekers
2 Dec 2004 An accommodation centre recently opened in Odessa to meet the housing needs of asylum seekers. Funded by the Ukrainian government and the European Union, it is part of efforts to strengthen the asylum system in EU bordering states in eastern Europe. -
Ukraine, Sri Lanka provide models for solving statelessness
6 Oct 2004 UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has reminded states that there are several million stateless people in the world today and introduced Ukraine and Sri Lanka as positive examples of countries that had found resolutions for the huge and hidden problem.