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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief visits emergency transit centre in Romania]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Europe's first emergency transit centre and meets Sri Lankan and Palestinian refugees. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Volcanic eruption in Iceland delays resettlement plans of Palestinians ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The volcanic ash drifting across Europe from Iceland prevents a group of Palestinian refugees from boarding a flight to a new life in France this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[End of long ordeal for Palestinian refugees as desert camp closes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR closes the Al Tanf camp between the borders of Syria and Iraqi and relocates the last of the Palestinian refugees who lived there for years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New transit centre in Slovakia to resettle Palestinians stuck at Iraq border]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A new transit centre has been opened in Slovakia that will allow for 98 Palestinian refugees to be removed from the desert camp of al-Walid near the Iraqi-Syrian border where they have been trapped for...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinian families coping well with resettlement in Iceland]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[At the end of October last year, a group of 29 Palestinians - women and children - were resettled in Iceland from a desert camp. UNHCR's Hanne Mathisen went to see how they were getting on.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinian refugees arrive at Romania centre en route to resettlement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of 59 Palestinian refugees arrive at a special transit centre in Romania en route to a new life overseas after being evacuated from a desert camp in Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees add their footballing skills to Brazil's rich soccer scene]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Ali Abu Taha last year became the first Palestinian refugee to play for a professional football team in Brazil. Other refugees could follow.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaza: "The only conflict in the world in which people are not even allowed to flee" - High Commissioner Guterres]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ We have issued a statement by High Commissioner António Guterres calling for strict adherence to humanitarian principles in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including respect for the universal right of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guterres urges adherence to humanitarian principles in Gaza conflict]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Monday, 5 January 2009 GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today called for strict adherence to humanitarian principles in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including respect for...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief urges adherence to humanitarian principles in Gaza conflict]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner Guterres calls for strict adherence to humanitarian principles in Gaza, including respect for the universal rights of those fleeing war to seek safety in other states.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, representing the UN system, appeals to the international community to help meet the needs of tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinians bid goodbye to India, hello Sweden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 100 Palestinian refugees from Iraq have left India in the first large-scale resettlement of Palestinian refugees from outside the Middle East.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flood ordeal for Palestinians stuck on Iraq-Syria border]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR rushes assistance to hundreds of Palestinian refugees stuck in camps on both sides of the Iraq-Syria border after flooding caused chaos and misery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urgent appeal for resettlement of ex-Iraq Palestinians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ In the lead up to UNHCR's bi-yearly informal consultations with resettlement countries tomorrow (Wednesday 15 Oct.), UNHCR has issued an urgent appeal for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees. Most...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Death of Palestinian boy highlights dangers at Iraq border refugee camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The death of a nine-year-old boy in a road accident on the Iraq-Syria border refocuses attention on the plight of Palestinian refugees in a desert camp.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Resettled Palestinian refugees arrive in Iceland]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ A group of 29 Palestinian women and children refugees who spent the past two and a half years in a makeshift desert camp on the Iraq-Syria border arrived last night in Reykjavik, Iceland, to begin a new...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vulnerable Palestinians head towards a new life in Iceland]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of 29 Palestinian refugee women and children stranded for the last two years on the Iraq-Syria border head towards a new life in Iceland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Resettlement of Palestinians to Iceland]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ A total of 29 vulnerable Palestinian refugees stranded for the last two years in a makeshift camp in the desert on the Iraq-Syria border are set to leave Monday to begin a new life in Iceland. The group...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinian refugees to Iceland and Sweden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ More than two dozen vulnerable Palestinian refugees stranded in the desert in Al Waleed refugee camp on the Iraq-Syria border for the last two years will be leaving the camp in the next few weeks for...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Resettlement to Iceland rescues Palestinians from border camp limbo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After being stranded for the last two years in a makeshift camp on the Iraq-Syria border, 29 vulnerable Palestinian refugees are now set to go to Iceland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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