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<title><![CDATA[Syria Crisis: UNHCR urges European Union states to honour their asylum system principles]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[These include ensuring access to territory, access to asylum procedures and harmonized approaches to the adjudication of asylum claims.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls on Austrian parliament to modify draft asylum bill]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is worried about new draft changes to the Austrian Asylum Act that further restrict asylum seeker rights and could, if implemented, be harmful to the interests of children in particular.
The changes...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR launches campaign to debunk asylum myths in Austria]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR launches a major campaign in Austria to debunk myths about asylum seekers, using billboards, postcards, the internet, radio and television.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Central, Eastern Europe aim to improve refugee status decisions]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Eight European Union countries, now meeting in Budapest, are to spend 18 months reviewing and developing the quality of their asylum status decisions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Ambush in Somalia fails to deter Austrian aid worker]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Katharina Wehrstein was recently evacuated from Somalia after surviving an ambush while working for UNHCR. She discusses the attack and her work.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR picks up prestigious Austrian award for interactive game]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has won a prestigious Austrian award for an interactive computer game aimed at promoting positive attitudes towards refugees. The game - <em>LastExitFlucht</em> - was awarded an Austrian Multimedia and E-Business State Prize in the category for "Knowledge and Learning."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR goes head to head with asylum myths in Austria]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has launched a campaign using head-turning billboards to dispel common myths on asylum seekers in Austria and to change the way they are presented in public.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR says Austrian legislation may lead to breaches of UN Convention]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ 8 October 2003 GENEVA - The UN refugee agency said today that it was concerned that a number of proposed amendments to the Austrian asylum law could lead to violations of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Austria's asylum law could lead to breach of international laws if amended, warns UNHCR]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has raised concerns over a number of proposed amendments to Austria's asylum law that could lead to violations of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, as well as international and European human rights laws.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Somali refugee woman reunites with children after 10 years]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The story of a Somali ex-police officer who fled following tribal violence, attack and rape.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Austria: UNHCR concerned about new asylum seeker policy]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is concerned about Austria's new policy of barring some categories of asylum seekers from government-run shelters while their requests for asylum are being processed. The new regulation, which takes...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Oct 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Austria: UNHCR deeply regrets rejected Nigerian asylum seeker's death]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR deeply regrets the tragic death of Mr. Marcus O, a rejected Nigerian asylum seeker, who died when being deported from Vienna to Nigeria via Sofia. Marcus O had applied for asylum in Austria but...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 May 1999 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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