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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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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks information on fate of disappeared asylum-seeker]]></title> 
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UNHCR is concerned by the situation of Leonid Razvozzhaev, an asylum-seeker who disappeared from Kyiv last Friday, 19 October 2012, subsequently appearing in police custody in Moscow earlier this week.
During...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The UN Refugee Agency condemns refoulement of a refugee to Russian Federation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Kyiv (Ukraine) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees condemns the extradition of the refugee from Russian Federation (Republic of Ingushetia) that took place on 15 August 2012 in breach of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine: UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR today joined some 30 other organizations in condemning the recent murder of a Nigerian national in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners in the country....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian in Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR condemns the murder of a Nigerian national in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study proposes ways to ease integration in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A recent study aimed at helping three eastern European countries draw up integration plans for refugees has found that more needs to be done by officials and the refugees to make the process work.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned about forced return of Sri Lankans by Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 7 March 2008 GENEVA - The UN refugee agency expressed concern on Friday about the forced return (<em>refoulement</em>) by Ukraine of a group of eleven Sri Lankan asylum seekers. The expulsions took place...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Concern over the murder of an asylum seeker in Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ We are shocked by the murder last weekend in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv (Kiev) of an asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 19-year old asylum seeker arrived in June 2007 in search...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine: UNHCR concerned by rise in attacks on asylum seekers, refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ We are extremely concerned at what seems to be an increasing trend in the number and seriousness of racist attacks against asylum seekers, refugees and other foreigners in Ukraine. At the same time, a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fortress Europe: The wall is getting higher]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[While the number of people trying to enter the European Union via its new eastern border has increased dramatically since EU enlargement in 2004, the number applying for asylum has dropped sharply. In Ukraine, meanwhile, asylum applications are rising but almost none of them are being recognised. UNHCR is concerned that on both sides of the EU border, people seeking asylum are struggling to get a fair hearing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR extremely concerned over fate of 11 Uzbek asylum seekers deported from Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR remains concerned over the fate of eleven Uzbek asylum seekers who were forcibly deported from the Ukraine on 14 February. The eleven had registered their asylum claims or were in the process of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine: UNHCR deplores action of authorities, seeks information on deported Uzbeks]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is urgently seeking information on 11 Uzbek asylum seekers who were forcibly deported to their homeland this week by Ukrainian authorities. We assume they are now in the hands of Uzbek authorities...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR appalled by deportation of Uzbek asylum seekers from Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Geneva, Thursday 16 February 2006 The UN refugee agency said it was appalled to discover that 11 asylum seekers from Uzbekistan had been forcibly deported back to their home country by the Ukrainian authorities...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR condemns deportation of Uzbek asylum seekers from Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency is appalled to discover that Ukraine deported 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan following an extradition request from the Uzbek prosecutor's office. UNHCR is seeking urgent clarification and further information on the fate of the deportees, as it is extremely concerned for their safety.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping Crimean Tatars feel at home again]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Decades after they were deported from the Crimean peninsula under the Stalin regime, thousands of Tatars have returned to their ancestral homeland, now part of Ukraine. Simplified procedures have allowed most of them to become Ukrainian citizens, but the challenges of reintegration remain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine offers new home for asylum seekers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An accommodation centre recently opened in Odessa to meet the housing needs of asylum seekers. Funded by the Ukrainian government and the European Union, it is part of efforts to strengthen the asylum system in EU bordering states in eastern Europe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Dec 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine, Sri Lanka provide models for solving statelessness]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has reminded states that there are several million stateless people in the world today and introduced Ukraine and Sri Lanka as positive examples of countries that had found resolutions for the huge and hidden problem.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New school year, new clothes for refugee children in Ukraine]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) Europe has donated more than 30,000 pieces of new clothing worth some 95,000 euros to refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable people in Ukraine's Kyiv, Odesa and Zakarpattia regions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR training helps sensitise Kyiv's police to asylum issues]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society recently held a training session in Kyiv, Ukraine, to train police officers on ways to improve the implementation of refugee legislation and to prevent undue detention and deportation of asylum seekers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ukraine relieves refugees of baggage of exile]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Under a revised refugee law in Ukraine, refugees can apply for Convention Travel Documents that will let them leave and return to their host country, whether for professional or personal reasons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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