Ron Redmond
Ron Redmond
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There is also a concern about the increasing and more restrictive asylum policies across Europe. This has also, we fear, led to a lack of access to proper procedures for people seeking asylum.
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Forced recruitment of refugees, especially of minors, who came to Chad to seek asylum is totally unacceptable.
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We are concerned that the drive to keep the number of asylum seekers as low as possible may be resulting in some genuine refugees being denied the protection they need.
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After this emergency phase, our priority will be to empower the Pakistan authorities, local NGOs and quake survivors themselves in order to facilitate the process of return and rehabilitation once winter ends.
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If more resources and significant resources are not announced immediately, we will not be able to make the further essential programs and commitments to assist refugees.
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It's important that there be an ongoing conversation and dialogue about it. When people are talking with each other, things work out.
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At this stage it is not entirely clear who is responsible for this recruitment. But we can say that some of the refugees who were recruited have since returned to the camps.
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After more than a quarter of a century of misrule, much still remains to be done to rebuild the country. Overall, the conditions are in place for refugees to return to their country in safety and dignity.
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Despite these efforts, people will inevitably try to stay warm with candles and stoves in their tents, increasing the risk of tent fires. We're working with the authorities to find safe ways to provide heating in camps.
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So now we've got refugees going in both directions in this increasingly volatile region.
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Returnees themselves play a leading role in the repair works, and the projects help provide them with much-needed jobs.
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Old women are now being shot through the doors of their apartments -- including two women in their 70s within the past week.
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Since last Friday, UNHCR has appealed to the Uzbek authorities to be given access to the returned Uzbeks, but this has so far not been given.
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She pledged that her government would work with UNHCR and other partners to reintegrate them into their communities, to identify employment opportunities, and to help them obtain those basic services that will enable them to resume a normal life. Her filmed message will be part of a UNHCR mass information campaign for some 190,000 Liberian refugees who are still scattered across West Africa.