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Prior to fleeing, a large portion of the population already spent months living in squalid conditions with insufficient food, shelter, proper water and sanitation
U.N. agency says access to refugees better Jun 02, 2009
The increase can partly be attributed to higher numbers of asylum applications by citizens of Afghanistan, Somalia and other countries experiencing turmoil or conflict
Iraq tops list of asylum seekers Mar 24, 2009
This is a difficult zone, dense jungle, full of anti-personnel mines and with very aggressive guerrillas who do not hesitate to attack the civilian population
Witnesses: Colombians killed by rebels Feb 10, 2009
We very much regret the latest decision to forcibly return to Somalia the three wounded Somalis and call upon the Kenyan authorities to fully respect the principle of non-refoulement, as enshrined in the 1951 Geneva Convention and Kenya's own Refugees Act
U.N. to Kenya: Stop forcing Somalis out Jan 28, 2009
We remain extremely concerned about the fate of residents who are now increasingly caught in a conflict zone near the borders of the DRC, the Central African Republic and Sudan
U.N.: Lord's Resistance Army slays 537 Jan 13, 2009