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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 lauds Philippines for landmark mechanism to protect refugees and the stateless ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The new procedure takes effect today and is an important step to ensure the Philippines meets its obligations under the 1954 Statelessness Convention.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR lauds the Philippines for new mechanism to protect refugees and stateless people]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[MANILA, 6 November 2012 (UNHCR) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today hailed the Philippines for being the first country in the Asia Pacific to establish a procedure to protect both...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In flood-hit Philippines, UNHCR aid offers a glimmer of hope]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Barely a week after one of the worst-ever tropical storms, UNHCR begins delivering relief goods to families who have lost everything.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drop by drop, UNHCR encourages displaced to come back home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A small water project in the Philippines' strife-torn Mindanao Island has proved powerful incentive for a return home]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Statelessness: A new lease on life thanks to a birth certificate]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR funds free mobile birth registration in Mindanao to keep displaced indigenous communities in the Philippines from becoming stateless. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mindanao's indigenous people ask UNHCR's help to gain their rights]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Displaced by fighting, one indigenous community in the Philippines didn't want food or shelter -- only training to stand up for their rights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Statelessness: UNHCR hails new support, urges more action on treaties ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Croatia, Nigeria and the Philippines have become the latest countries to become party to one or both of the statelessness conventions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Statelessness treaties gain support but need stronger boost]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This week has seen quiet but significant developments on the sidelines of the General Assembly session in New York with regard to statelessness. Three countries, Croatia, Nigeria, and the Philippines,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[1 Family Torn Apart: On a beautiful tropical isle, strife is a way of life]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, is recovering after more than four decades of fighting, but a young man says personal scars remain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Telecoms operator Lebara supports education for displaced children]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[European telecoms operator Lebara launches fund-raising drive to help more than 100,000 displaced children in six countries get a proper education.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps improve life for Filipino victims of climate change]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Just the prospect of a shelter of her own gladdens the heart of a mother of five displaced by typhoons in the Philippines and now receiving help from UNHCR. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees in danger will find temporary sanctuary in the Philippines]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Under a new agreement, the Philippines becomes only the second country in the world to formally offer special transit to individual refugees being resettled. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iranian businessman becomes first refugee to get Philippine citizenship]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An Iranian businessman has become the first refugee to be granted Philippine citizenship. Buick Bahador, who fled Iran in 1979 and is married to a Filipina, was sworn in during a court ceremony in Angeles City, Pampanga province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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