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<title><![CDATA[One year on, displaced people in western Myanmar ponder future]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A year after inter-communal violence erupted in Rakhine state, most of the displaced have a roof over their heads. But no one knows what lies ahead.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Race for roofs as rains start in Myanmar's Rakhine state]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Mahasen may have passed, but there is no let-up in shelter construction for thousands of displaced people as the monsoon starts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jun 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urgently needs funding to continue assisting displaced Malians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The funding is needed for expansion and construction of transit centres, provision of supplementary and therapeutic food, shelters and for basic services.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR condemns bomb attack in Pakistan's Jalozai camp hosting internally displaced people]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is appalled by the bomb attack that took place yesterday (Thursday) in a camp for internally displaced people in northern Pakistan. The attack was in the Jalozai camp near Peshawar in Pakistan's...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newly displaced in eastern Congo need urgent assistance]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An assessment mission, including UNHCR staff, find displaced people in desperate need of assistance, including food, shelter and medical care in Masisi territory. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Syria conflict contributing to rising asylum claims in industrialized countries]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 479,300 asylum claims were registered across the 44 countries surveyed in UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2012 report, the highest annual total since 2003]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of risks to civilians in Central African Republic as refugee numbers rise]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR says renewed fighting in Central African Republic is threatening the civilian population and compromising access to refugees and internally displaced people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of new risks to civilians in Central African Republic as fighting spreads]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is increasingly worried by the situation in south-eastern Central African Republic (CAR) where attacks this week are posing additional risks to the civilian population, including Congolese refugees.
On...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN aid reaches hundreds of displaced people in northern Myanmar]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An inter-agency visit to northern Myanmar's Kachin state has delivered badly-needed aid to hundreds of conflict-affected people.
From February 17 to 21 UNHCR, DRC, WFP, UNICEF and OCHA travelled to Hpakant...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For Mali's displaced, on-going insecurity an obstacle to return ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With the ancient city of Timbuktu now again in government control, those who fled earlier violence are contemplating returning to their homes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Looting, empty villages found in rebel-controlled region of Central African Republic ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Residents who fled their villages in the wake of violence and intimidation are found hiding in the bush.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR finds looting, empty villages on mission to Bambari in Central African Republic]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A joint UNHCR-Mercy Corps assessment mission last week to Bambari in Central African Republic, some 400 kilometres north east of the capital Bangui, found wide displacement on the approach to Bambari....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines passes historic bill to protect internally displaced]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes a bill to protect the rights of more than 1 million IDPs and sees it as a model example for other countries in the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes Philippines bill to protect internally displaced]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This week, the Philippines' Congress passed a bill that seeks to protect the rights of more than a million internally displaced people. This is a very welcome development.
The bill still needs the President's...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR ready for possible influx of Malian refugees in neighbouring countries]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and its partners have plans to cope with a further possible displacement of 300,000 displaced people inside Mali and 407,000 to surrounding countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR wraps up the Liberian repatriation operation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In West Africa, UNHCR has concluded the repatriation operation for tens of thousands of Liberians who were forced into exile because of 14 years of civil war in their country. The final 724 Liberians returned...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR airlifts supplies to IDPs in Yemen]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The first recipient of a permit, which open a route to Zambian citizenship, had been a refugee for 33 years]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR still concerned about security situation in camps near Goma ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Soldiers and unidentified armed men continue to be present in and around  camps in North Kivu province, fuelling worries among the IDPs living there.     ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Insecurity around Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to threaten IDPs]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The security situation at the Mugunga 3 camp for internally displaced people near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be a serious concern for us. Soldiers and unidentified armed men...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sleepless in Sittwe but dreaming of peace]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Displaced people in western Myanmar are living in varying conditions with different needs but a shared hope for peace and a home to go back to.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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