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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR asks Ukraine to free detained refugee, decline extradition request]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is deeply concerned about the continued detention and possible refoulement of the former prime minister of Tajikistan, Abdoumalik Abdoulladjanov, a recognized refugee arrested in Ukraine.
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stateless in Dushanbe: a woman struggles to win back her citizenship
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<description><![CDATA[Mukhabbat has built up a mass of documents in her long bid to regain a nationality in Central Asia. She has now turned to UNHCR for help.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and Tajikistan agree on integration of refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and Tajikistan agreed to strengthen cooperation and open the door for the integration of some 1,000 Afghan refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner in Tajikistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ High Commissioner António Guterres is on the second day of a three-day visit to the Republic of Tajikistan. Yesterday (Monday), Guterres met President Emomali Rahmon as well as the Ministers of Foreign...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner Guterres heads to Tajikistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ High Commissioner António Guterres starts a three-day visit to the Republic of Tajikistan on Monday. He is expected to meet President Emomali Rahmon and various other key ministers. They will discuss...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Help for desperate refugees in Tajik winter]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is rushing emergency supplies to over 1,000 desperate refugees in Tajikistan in the midst of the country's coldest winter in 25 years. The unusually harsh winter in Tajikistan has frozen rivers,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees craft future in Central Asia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Skills training is just one of many services offered to refugees and asylum seekers at two centres in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Other facilities include legal aid, talks on family planning and supplementary education - activities that have fostered an exchange between refugees and their hosts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tajikistan: UNHCR deplores Afghan deportations, urges government to adhere to its obligations]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR deplores a decision by the government of Tajikistan this week to deport five members of an Afghan refugee family, three of whom had been accepted for resettlement to Canada. The five - a mother...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR deplores forced return of Afghan refugee family from Tajikistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency on Friday criticized the government of Tajikistan's deportation of an Afghan refugee family earlier this week, saying it was a clear violation of two international legal conventions, as well as Tajikistan's own national laws.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Over 10,000 Tajik refugees to become citizens in Turkmenistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After up to 13 years as refugees on Turkmen soil, more than 10,000 ethnic-Turkmen refugees from Tajikistan will finally be able to call Turkmenistan home after last week's presidential decree to grant them citizenship.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Turkmenistan: First ever registration of all refugees completed]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR and the government of Turkmenistan have completed the first ever registration of all refugees in Turkmenistan. The exercise began in October 2004, and was finalised at the end of February. Some...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: UNHCR helps women to heal the wounds of war in Tajikistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Returning after years in exile, the women are learning to provide for themselves and their children, thanks to reintegration assistance in the form of skills training and micro-credit schemes that help them to bake, tailor and grow vegetables to sell in the local market.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR updates information on refugees in Tajikistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Tajik authorities and UNHCR have begun a joint information gathering initiative that will help the refugee agency hone its assistance and protection efforts and provide clear statistics on the number of refugees and asylum seekers in the country following several years of returns to Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN refugee agency salutes Kyrgyz hospitality]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan marks the third anniversary of its landmark citizenship decree by granting nationality to 50 refugees in a ceremony attended by the UN refugee agency's regional chief of operations, bringing to more than 3,500 the number of Tajik refugees granted citizenship.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Sep 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["The world begins in your own home"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A Somali student who fled Tajikistan when the tanks rolled in is now a well-established politician in Finland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tajikistan UNHCR protests further Afghan deportations]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is very concerned following the deportation by the government of Tajikistan last week of five Afghans, all persons of concern to the UN refugee agency. The five Afghans were deported on 16 November....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-time Tajik refugees return home from Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Long-time Tajik refugees, many of whom were only infants when they fled their homeland a decade ago for Afghanistan, have finally returned home from Pakistan, where they were educated and grew into adulthood.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Oct 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghans deported from Tajikistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is very concerned about the fate of nine Afghan refugees who were deported back to their homeland early Tuesday by the Tajikistan government. The refugees, all men, were separated from their families...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tajikistan deports nine Afghan refugees amid UNHCR protest]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[These refugees could face grave danger at home, says the UN refugee agency, stressing that all returns must be voluntary in view of ongoing tensions and limited emergency supplies in parts of Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kyrgyz president makes refugees feel at home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akaev personally grants citizenship to Tajik refugees, signalling new resolve to end the country's long-standing problem of refugees and stateless persons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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