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<title><![CDATA[UK's new determination procedure to end legal limbo for stateless]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes the new stateless determination procedure that came in to effect in the United Kingdom this past weekend (06 April).
The procedure allows stateless people, currently living on the margins...]]></description>
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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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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Olympic spirit gives hope to refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and the International Olympic Committee are working to collect 100,000 items of sports clothing donated by athletes to send to refugees in Africa and Asia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A war baby tells her story 20 years after onset of the Sarajevo siege  ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Lejla looks every inch the fashionable young Londoner. But she had a most inauspicious start to life two decades ago in the cauldron of Sarajevo. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Statelessness: UNHCR urges Britain to ensure rights of the stateless]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR releases a report on Statelessness in the United Kingdom and calls on the British government to protect the human rights of the stateless.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: The importance of being adversarial]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Award-winning journalist Clare Sambrook has made a name with her stories highlighting the plight of child asylum-seekers in the United Kingdom. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Fresh Start: refugees from Bhutan arrive in the UK]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN's largest resettlement program ever has now helped 34,500 refugees from Bhutan start a new life in eight countries around the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and UK work to improve refugee status determination]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR project to improve the process of refugee status determination in the United Kingdom acts as a model for other countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls for Darfur action at Britain's Labour Party Conference]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR recreates a burning village at this year's Labour Party Conference to highlight the plight of displaced people in Sudan's Darfur region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls support <strong>nine</strong>million campaign]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng pledges to donate US$50 to UNHCR's <strong>nine</strong>million.org campaign for every basket he scores this season.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Britain's Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng backs refugee campaign]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng is back in Britain to try and help his adopted country win a place in the 2012 London Olympics. But the Sudan-born basketball prodigy has also been taking time out to support UNHCR's campaign to open up sports and education opportunities for young refugees around the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[London photo exhibitions to highlight refugee issues in Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme will later this month open an exhibition in London of powerful images of displaced people and returnees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes new UK effort to improve asylum screening]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has praised Britain's efforts to improve its asylum system and said the country was at the forefront of efforts to protect victims of persecution and war.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reaching out with drama to challenge negative perceptions about refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Refugees and asylum seekers get a bad press in some sections of the UK media, but one advocacy group is using drama in a bid to counter negative public perceptions about these foreign guests.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR auctions ball signed by England team to raise funds for refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency is auctioning a football signed by England World Cup stars such as David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand. The ball, one of two donated by UNHCR goodwill ambassador Giorgio Armani, is on offer on eBay until July 4.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[English church leaders launch gift appeal for asylum seekers and refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Amidst a media climate sometimes hostile towards refugees and asylum seekers, churchgoers from across England's Midlands are reaching out to exiles over the festive season by delivering gifts to those forced to seek protection in the United Kingdom.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[British choppers start airlifting large quantities of UNHCR aid to remote villages]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Two giant British RAF helicopters on Wednesday began a new airlift of thousands of UNHCR tents, blankets and other aid items to a string of stranded and heavily damaged villages in a remote valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner in London]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ In London today, the High Commissioner is scheduled meet with artists and entertainment companies who participated in UNHCR's 'Voices for Darfur' concert in December last year to thank them for their...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Not the Ideal Home Show" wins award at UK Labour Party Conference]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A myth-busting UNHCR canvas tent, airlifted to the UK and refitted to resemble the typical shabby British bed-sit used to house asylum seekers, has received an award by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[London salutes local coverage of refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In a bid to turn around some of the hostile coverage and highlight good practices by sections of London's press, Mayor Ken Livingstone recently launched the London Local Press Awards to draw positive attention to the contributions made by refugees and asylum seekers to London's thriving ethnic mosaic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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