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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR releases report critical of Nauru processing centre]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes efforts to improve a regional asylum processing centre but says arrangements fall short of international protection standards.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of serious shortcomings at Nauru processing centre]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR released this morning in Canberra a report from a monitoring mission to the Nauru regional asylum processing centre in the South Pacific. Nauru is the site of an offshore processing centre to which...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Driven from Somalia, a former refugee thanks Australia for his new life]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Ahmed Din, who now manages a football team, says both countries and refugees gain from resettlement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR reviewing Australian changes on offshore processing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is studying arrangements proposed in Australia this week by a panel of experts, and subsequent legislation passed by its Parliament, under which asylum-seekers would be processed in offshore camps.
As...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedies on Lake Malawi, off Indonesia underscore risks for migrants, asylum seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[It was with sadness that UNHCR learned yesterday of the drownings of some 47 Ethiopians in a boat capsizing incident on Lake Malawi. The exact number of deaths has not been determined. According to the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner praises refugee resettlement and integration in Australia and New Zealand]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UN refugee chief, António Guterres, recently completed visits to Australia and New Zealand where he thanked both countries for their support for refugees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR deplores loss of life off Indonesia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is greatly saddened by Tuesday's boat accident off the coast of western Java in which at least nine people lost their lives. The incident underlines once again the desperate steps that people are...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 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 for proper safeguards for children being returned to Malaysia by Australia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In Australia, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen was quoted in an ABC interview last night as saying Australia plans to go ahead with returns of unaccompanied minors to Malaysia under a wider bilateral agreement...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR shocked at loss of life after boat accident off Christmas Island]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Wednesday 15 December 2010
The following UNHCR statement can be attributed to UNHCR Spokesperson, Melissa Fleming
We are today expressing our deep shock and sorrow at the tragic loss of lives after...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR saddened at loss of life as boat breaks up on Christmas Island]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses deep shock and sorrow at loss of life after a vessel thought to be carrying asylum-seekers founders on coast of Australia's Christmas Island.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR disappointed at Australian decision to reopen detention centre for asylum-seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency expresses disappointment at Australia's failure to look at alternatives to detention for most asylum-seekers arriving by boat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chin women from Myanmar find help down a winding lane in Delhi]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In a nondescript house down a winding lane in New Delhi, the UNHCR-run Women's Protection Clinic provides valuable counselling to women refugees from Myanmar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief praises Australia's refugee resettlement services]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres pays tribute to Australia for the welcome and services it provides to refugees in communities around the nation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraqi refugee's Australian dream finally comes true]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Seven years after he escaped persecution at home and set out for Australia illegally, an Iraqi refugee gets the chance to resettle there legally.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 5,000 refugees resettled from Nepal]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 5,000 refugees from Bhutan have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries so far this year. The United States has accepted the largest numbers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraqi family board a flight to Australia and the end of their journey]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After almost seven years in Indonesia, a family of Iraqi refugees finally get the opportunity to begin a new life in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia's "Pacific Solution" draws to a close]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The last 21 Sri Lankan refugees on Nauru leave for Australia, signalling the end of Australia's "Pacific Solution."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes close of Australia's Pacific Solution]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR welcomes the end of Australia's Pacific Solution which comes to a close today (Friday), with the departure of last remaining 21 refugees from the tiny Pacific Island state of Nauru for Australia....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Dinka from Down Under keeps spotlight on Sudan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Aguil de'Chut Deng, an ethnic Dinka from South Sudan, made a big impression during UNHCR's annual ExCom meeting, where she presented the official NGO statement. She discusses her new life and work in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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