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NAIROBI, 5 September 2012 (IRIN) - More than 1,700 people who fled attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) have streamed into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, aid agencies say.... |
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JALOZAI, 5 September 2012 (IRIN) - For the first few months, Anayata Bibi, a 35-year-old widow who fled fighting in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan to live in the Jalozai refugee camp 35km southeast of Peshawar, barely spoke to anyone, and would not leave her tent. In bouts of anger, she would hit her four children.... |
Ninety two year old François Damba is no stranger to loss. Originally from Central African......
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AL-RUSTUMIYA, 4 September 2012 (IRIN) - Some four years after Iraq's civil conflict died down, more than 1.3 million people are still displaced. Many of them are living in a state of limbo in makeshift settlements, while bureaucracy and a lack of vision slow progress towards long-term solutions.... |
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TAMIL NADU, 4 September 2012 (IRIN) - More than three years after the end of Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war, most Sri Lankan refugees in India say they would rather not return, citing economic hardship and concern over human rights abuses.... |
Read more: IRIN Asia | SRI LANKA: Refugees in India reluctant to return | Sri Lanka
Read more: Morocco accused of systematic abuses in Western Sahara
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BEIRUT, 3 September 2012 (IRIN) - Progress in terms of providing more and better aid to the steady influx of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is being held back by government indecision stemming from fears that the ongoing violence in Syria may destabilize the country's fragile politics.... |
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BEIRUT, 3 September 2012 (IRIN) - Progress in terms of providing more and better aid to the steady influx of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is being held back by government indecision stemming from fears that the ongoing violence in Syria may destabilize the country's fragile politics.... |
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DUBAI, 31 August 2012 (IRIN) - This week's media headlines about the Syrian crisis have focused on a walk-out by the Syrian delegation at the Non-Aligned Movement summit, after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called the regime “oppressive”; and a TV interview in which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he needed more time to win the war.... |
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KASULU, 31 August 2012 (IRIN) - After years of resisting voluntary repatriation efforts, tens of thousands of Burundians in Tanzania now face a deadline to leave by the end of 2012, following a decision to put a formal end to their refugee status.... |
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