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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[Resettlement of unaccompanied children from Tunisia to Norway ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, 33 unaccompanied children departed from Tunisia's Shousha refugee camp to Norway as part of their resettlement process.
The children were among 90 who arrived unaccompanied from Libya during...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Away Alone: Unaccompanied children find shelter after fleeing Libya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Four unaccompanied children talk about their difficult journeys and their hopes for their future as they leave for a new life in Sweden after fleeing Libya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Detained Eritrean deserters leave Yemen for a new life in Sweden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Sweden has accepted 55 Eritreans who fled military service back home and were detained in Yemen until they were found to be in need of international protection. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned at planned forced return from Sweden to Iraq]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is very concerned by reports that Sweden plans to send around 25 Iraqis back to Baghdad tomorrow, Wednesday 19th January. We understand that a number of those scheduled for return belong to religious...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swedish MP taps on childhood experiences to help young refugees ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[New MP Hanif Bali cares deeply about the welfare of unaccompanied refugee children in Sweden. He first came to Sweden as a lone infant.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latest UNHCR emergency training aimed at senior managers]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Staff from UNHCR and its partners take part in a simulated humanitarian crisis as part of a Workshop for Emergency Management hosted in chilly Sweden.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR issues recommendations to the Swedish EU Presidency]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has published its recommendations to Sweden for its upcoming EU Presidency (July - December 2009), which will be a particularly critical period for the future of EU asylum policy. During the second...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinians bid goodbye to India, hello Sweden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 100 Palestinian refugees from Iraq have left India in the first large-scale resettlement of Palestinian refugees from outside the Middle East.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swedish teens help educate and empower female refugees in Rwanda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some US$900,000 raised by Swedish teenagers is giving female refugees in Rwanda the chance to become more independent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swedish bikers to raise awareness about refugees during world tour]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A student and a stockbroker have set off from Stockholm on a round-the-world motorbike trip during which they plan to raise awareness about the UN refugee agency and UNICEF.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Roma head for Sweden to escape extreme poverty, alleged discrimination in Hungary]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Members of Hungary's Roma community have been seeking asylum in Sweden in unprecedented numbers in recent months, pleading poverty and alleging widespread discrimination in labour and education in the eastern European nation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swedish teenagers raise US$800,000 to help Congolese refugee students]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 80,000 Swedish teenagers from 250 schools took part in this year's "Operation A Day's Work" campaign. They raised almost US$800,000 towards the education of Congolese refugee children in UNHCR schools at Rwanda's Gihembe camp.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands of Swedish teenagers collect money for refugee schools in Rwanda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 80,000 teenagers from some 250 high schools in Sweden participated in a campaign to collect money for the education of Congolese refugee children in Rwanda. The event, dubbed "Operation A Day's Work", was organised by the Swedish Student Organisation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtual game offers insight into refugee experience]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has launched a web-based interactive game to promote integration and positive attitudes towards refugees by putting teenage players in their shoes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Jordan's desert to Sweden's winter - a refugee family's story]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After spending most of their lives in refugee camps, Yaseen and his family were resettled to Sweden late last year. UNHCR checks back with them six months later, and finds them starting a hopeful life in their new home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iranian Kurd refugees leave for Sweden; hundreds remain in no man's land]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A second and last group of 185 Iranian Kurds have left Jordan for resettlement in Sweden. While they can look forward to a new life, hundreds of their friends are still stuck in the harsh desert of the no man's land between Jordan and Iraq, waiting for a solution to their plight.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraq: no man's land refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ A group of 185 Iranian Kurd refugees arrived in Sweden on Thursday, after spending more than 18 months in the no-man's land between Iraq and Jordan. They join another 202 Iranian Kurds who arrived in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iranian Kurd refugees - different destinies and destinations]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has expressed great concern over the fate of nearly 4,200 Iranian Kurd refugees from Iraq's Al Tash camp after recent fighting sent some of them fleeing and cut off access to those who remain. Meanwhile, a separate group has been relocated from Jordan to Sweden.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: Hope and sorrow in Jordan's no man's land]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of 384 Iranian Kurds are preparing for a new life in Sweden after spending a year and a half in the no man's land between Iraq and Jordan. However, more than 600 others are still stuck in the desolate border region awaiting resettlement or other solutions to their plight.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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