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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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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned at detention of asylum-seekers, releases new guidelines]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survivors of sea voyage to Malta say seven Somali refugees died]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Latest deaths bring the number of reported or confirmed dead among people attempting to reach Europe from Libya to 81 this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Violence in Colombia displacing more people into Ecuador]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR estimates some 600 people have been arriving from Colombia each week in Ecuador's Esmeraldas province since the beginning of this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR Statement on the Australia-Malaysia Arrangement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - UNHCR notes the signature today of a bilateral Arrangement between Australia and Malaysia on transfer and resettlement.
UNHCR is not a signatory to the Arrangement, however it appreciates that...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls on Mozambique authorities to stop deporting asylum-seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Ninety-three asylum seekers were deported to Tanzania in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The group, comprising 59 Somalis and 34 Ethiopians, had recently arrived by boat near Mocimboa da Praia in northern...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Refugee Day: UNHCR report finds 80 per cent of world's refugees in developing countries]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The report reveals imbalance in international support for the world's forcibly displaced. Some of the poorest countries host huge refugee populations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asylum-seeker numbers nearly halved in last decade, says UNHCR]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[New data have revealed a dramatic drop in the number of asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries over the last 10 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Number of forcibly displaced rises to 43.3 million last year, the highest level since mid-1990s]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Annual UNHCR figures show that some 43.3 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number since the mid-1990s.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chile passes landmark domestic legislation on refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Chile's Senate adopts a refugee law that will enhance South America's reputation as a safe haven for people forced to flee their home countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In northern Ecuador, mobile teams bring rights to Colombian refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A pioneering government project supported by UNHCR is bringing refugee recognition to thousands of Colombians in a remote area of Ecuador  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN refugee agency appeals for access to returned Lao Hmong]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Tuesday 29 December 2009
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has today formally approached the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic seeking access to Lao...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeking access to returned Lao Hmong]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency is seeking access to Lao Hmong who were forcibly returned to Laos from Thailand earlier this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deportation of Lao Hmong must stop: UN High Commissioner for Refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With Thailand having started the forced return of Lao Hmong to Laos, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called for an immediate halt to deportations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN High Commissioner for Refugees expresses dismay at forced return of Lao Hmong by Thailand]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Monday 28 December 2009
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, expressed his dismay today at Thailand's deportation of Lao Hmong. "I call upon the Thai Government...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeals to Thailand not to deport Lao Hmongs]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, 24 December 2009
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, appealed today to the Government of Thailand to halt its plans for the involuntary return of around 4000 Lao...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR deplores deportation of asylum-seekers before claims heard]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Saturday 19 December 2009
The UN refugee agency expressed deep concern today about the involuntary return of asylum seekers before their claims have been heard. A disturbing pattern of such cases...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner Guterres visits India, meets refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR chief Guterres visits India to strengthen his agency’s partnership with the government and to meet refugees and asylum-seekers in New Delhi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Greece's new immigration policies based on "dangerous generalizations"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A newspaper interview with the head of UNHCR's office in Athens looks at new policies in Greece aimed at tackling irregular immigration and how this is affecting asylum-seekers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN refugee chief cites pressing needs as those uprooted tops 42 million]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR chief António Guterres urges the international community not to allow the global economic crisis to adversely affect humanitarian aid.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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