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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Mayotte - confirmed deaths, missing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Six people are confirmed drowned and ten are still missing after a small vessel carrying 24 people capsized in the early hours of Monday off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. This is...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-refugees at Strasbourg meet tell of discrimination in finding work]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In theory, recognized refugees should have unrestricted access to the labour market in their countries of asylum. In practice, the obstacles are very high.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The relevance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 300 years after his birth]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The life and work of the son of French refugees remain highly relevant to the work of UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations based in his birthplace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Indian Ocean island of Mayotte]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 20 people are dead or missing after a small motorized boat carrying around 40 people sank on Saturday off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. The boat had set sail from the island...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Indian Ocean island highlights dangers of irregular migration]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Twenty people died or are missing after a small motorized boat sank off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Nineteen people were rescued.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Award-winning film exposes the drama of mixed migration in the Mediterranean ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A special screening in France of an award-winning film highlights the conflict between traditional values and the combat against irregular immigration.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Former Bosnian refugee promotes technology to bring hope to the displaced ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Leila Toplic fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina when she was 18. Today, she works in Paris for Microsoft while also helping to raise awareness about refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Strasbourg roundtable addresses the burning issues of refugee integration and resettlement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A meeting convened by UNHCR and the Council of Europe examines the role of local integration and resettlement in finding solutions to refugee problems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Summer course in France brings refugee protection to life ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Every June, UNHCR and the International Institute for Human Rights organise a two-week summer course on refugee law in Strasbourg, France. The course provides French-speakers with a rare opportunity to deepen their knowledge of refugee protection through practical exercises with participants from around the world. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Volcanic eruption in Iceland delays resettlement plans of Palestinians ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The volcanic ash drifting across Europe from Iceland prevents a group of Palestinian refugees from boarding a flight to a new life in France this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Afghan mountaineer reaches for the Himalayan skies ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Former refugee Nadjib Sirat plans summit attempts on Mount Everest and another top Himalayan peak this year to help present a more positive image of his native Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Out in the Cold: migrants and asylum seekers find life increasingly hard in Calais]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Icy weather, lack of accommodation and police harassment in the French port of Calais are making life hard for irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, especially the younger ones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[French children learn about refugees by sending them their toys]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR, a Parisian museum and an aviation charity, with the help of French schoolchildren, send more than 1,000 toys to a refugee camp in Tanzania.   

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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Jungle is empty, but UNHCR still helps migrants in northern France]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Weeks after a makeshift camp was dismantled in Calais, UNHCR continues to seek out and advise migrants and asylum-seekers along France's northern coast.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[France dismantles a migrant camp at Calais]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This morning the French authorities have started to dismantle the makeshift camp in the northern French city of Calais, where mainly Afghan individuals have stayed waiting for a chance to go to the UK....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[French Minister meets with High Commissioner regarding mixed migration]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[During a meeting with French Minister for Immigration Eric Besson yesterday, 18 September, in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres said he hoped that appropriate measures will be...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A with photojournalist Howard Davies: Documenting the displaced in northern France]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Seven years after a similar settlement closed, a photographer returns to a camp in northern France created by migrants and asylum seekers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR draws road map to help people out of Calais "jungle"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of migrants and asylum-seekers are living rough on the edge of the French port of Calais. The UN refugee agency has drawn up a road map to help find a solution for some of them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[France gives red carpet welcome to refugees relocated from Malta]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of refugees and people in need of international protection are warmly received in Paris after France agreed to their relocation from Malta.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR returns to Calais to provide migrants, refugees with information]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR staff are visiting Calais on a weekly basis to visit migrants and refugees and the agency plans to reopen an office in the French port seven years after leaving.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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