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Romanian National Council for Refugees
NGO Directory, 27 October 2011
Address:
Anton Pann 42
Sector 3
Bucharest
Romania
Tel: +40 21 322 5281
Fax: +40 21 320 2045
Email: office@cnrr.ro
Web: www.cnrr.ro
UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
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Out of Harm's Way in Romania
Peaceful days and a safe environment is probably more than these Palestinian and Sudanese refugees expected when they were stuck in a desert camp in Iraq. Now they are recovering at a special transit centre in the Romanian city of Timisoara while their applications for resettlement in a third country are processed.
Most people forced to flee their homes are escaping from violence or persecution, but some find themselves still in danger after arriving at their destination. UNHCR uses the centre in Romania to bring such people out of harm's way until they can be resettled.
The Emergency Transit Centre (ETC) in Timisoara was opened in 2008. Another one will be formally opened in Humenné, Slovakia, within the coming weeks. The ETC provides shelter and respite for up to six months, during which time the evacuees can prepare for a new life overseas. They can attend language courses and cultural orientation classes.
