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UN outlines plan to close camps housing 430,000 refugees in Kenya | Migration and development - The Kenya News
The UN refugee agency has given the Kenyan government “sustainable and rights-based” proposals for the closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps. The response follows a 14-day ultimatum issued by …
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Rwanda: Peacekeeping - Redefining the Role of Rwandan Women
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WATCH | ‘We are people as well’ - Cape Town refugees want to be heard on World Refugee Day
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Africa: Uganda Opens Border to Thousands Fleeing Congo Violence
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Reuben Earl Brigety II is a naval officer, educator, international humanitarian specialist, and diplomat. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 7, 1973, to Dr. Barbara and Dr. Rueben Brigety Sr. In 1965 his father became the first African American to graduate from the University of
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Tunisia: Sami Fehri Provisionally Released After Posting Bail
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US Apologizes to Haiti. A Wrong Done to a People. | New York Carib News
The Director of Western Hemisphere for the US National Security Council, Juan Gonzalez, visited Haiti and during that two day visit apologized to the people of Haiti with respect to the treatment that they, Haitian migrants, were subjected to on the US borders in Texas.
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 5,000
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CDEDI asks parliament to review laws on refugees | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
Centre for Democracy and Economic Initiatives (CDEDI) has asked Parliament to review laws regarding refugees and asylum seekers, saying it is unfair to force refugees to relocate to Dzaleka Camp. Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa on Tuesday at Parliament in Lilongwe where he was presenting
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UN Refugee Agency donates cleaning products for schools reopening - Stabroek News
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Coronavirus reaches Dadaab refugee camp
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Liberia: President Gives Greenlight for the Demolition of Budumburam Refugee Camp
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North Africa: Italy's Coronavirus Amnesty - Migrant Rights or Economic Self-Interest?
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UNHCR, WFP distribute food to hunger stricken refugees and asylum seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme, WFP, are joining forces in Libya in a project that will aim to reach up to 10,000 food insecure refugees and asylum seekers with emergency food aid this
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Africa: UN Censures 'Heinous Attacks' in Lake Chad Basin
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