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IRIN Africa | BURUNDI-TANZANIA: A troubled homecoming | Burundi | Tanzania

BUJUMBURA, 15 October 2012 (IRIN) - The imminent return of more than 35,000 Burundians from Tanzania poses major logistical challenges to aid agencies and the densely populated country they fled amid civil war almost 20 years ago. The return could degenerate into a “humanitarian disaster” if they ignore a 31 December deadline to leave willingly and end up being deported en masse....

IRIN Africa | KENYA: Government issues flood warning | Kenya | Early Warning | Environment

NAIROBI, 15 October 2012 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has issued an alert over possible flash floods in parts of the country following the start of the country's October-to-December short rains, which may be exacerbated by possible mild-to-moderate El Niño conditions....

IRIN Global | MIGRATION: Greece failing asylum seekers | Global | Economy | Governance | Migration

ATHENS, 15 October 2012 (IRIN) - When Vahid Pejman, a former journalist from Afghanistan, arrived in Greece with his wife and 11-year-old daughter, he anticipated a brief stay before heading somewhere more welcoming....

IRIN Africa | UGANDA: Military deployed to Kenyan border to curb cattle rustling | Uganda | Conflict | Governance

KAMPALA, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) - The government of Uganda has deployed military personnel to its border with Kenya in a bid to stamp out cross-border cattle rustling....

IRIN Asia | BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees face more restrictions | Bangladesh | Human Rights

DHAKA, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) - Activists warn of further restrictions on Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh following recent communal violence....

IRIN Global | MIGRATION: Fear and loathing on the streets of Athens | Global | Economy | Governance | Health & Nutrition | Migration | Security

ATHENS, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) - Three police officers in body armour surround two dark-skinned men on a busy street in Athens, Greece's increasingly restive capital. It is a scene that has been playing out across the city since the launch of a government crackdown on illegal migration two months ago....

IRIN Global | MIGRATION: Influx shifts to Greek islands | Global | Early Warning | Human Rights | Migration | Refugees/IDPs

MYTILENE, 5 October 2012 (IRIN) - Just as Greece appears to have successfully stemmed the flood of undocumented migrants crossing the land border with Turkey, a new influx of migrants and asylum seekers has started arriving on its eastern Aegean islands....

IRIN Global | GREECE-SYRIA: Emmad Saeed, “I know I’m not going to die, and that is a relief” | Syria | Conflict | Migration | Refugees/IDPs

SKALOCHORI, 5 October 2012 (IRIN) - In the sleepy village of Skalochori on the Greek island of Lesvos, a group of 23 Syrian refugees are eating a hurried meal of donated fish and bread before a police van arrives to detain them....

IRIN Africa | MALI: Northerners fight to learn | Mali | Children | Education | Gender Issues | Human Rights | Refugees/IDPs | Sahel Crisis

MOPTI, 5 October 2012 (IRIN) - Teachers, the Ministry of Education and aid agencies are scrambling to provide catch-up classes to thousands of displaced children who fled northern Mali for southern towns to help them graduate this year, while those teachers and families who stayed in the north are doing the same - determined to keep their children learning despite the closure of dozens of public schools and severe changes to the curricula....

IRIN Africa | KENYA-SOMALIA: Battling to contain cholera, hepatitis E outbreaks | Kenya | Somalia | Conflict | Health & Nutrition | Refugees/IDPs

ISIOLO, 4 October 2012 (IRIN) - An outbreak of cholera along the Kenya-Somalia border has left dozens dead and many more sick, according to local residents, aid workers and government officials....

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