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Sri Lanka's tidal wave victims to receive UNHCR aid
27 Dec 2004 The UN refugee agency in Sri Lanka is opening up its local relief stockpiles to deliver immediate emergency assistance to victims of Sunday's devastating tsunami, which left thousands of dead, injured and displaced on the island. Dutch NGO Stichting Vluchteling has agreed to help with the cost of relief items. -
Feature: Sri Lanka makes citizens out of stateless tea pickers
7 Oct 2004 Some 200,000 stateless people - descendants of Indians imported to work on tea estates - have received citizenship in Sri Lanka under a law passed last year. Generations of tea pickers who had been denied of the right to own property or work officially can now enjoy more choices for a better life. -
Ukraine, Sri Lanka provide models for solving statelessness
6 Oct 2004 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. -
Palestinians leave desert camp for Baghdad
26 May 2004 After a year encamped in eastern Jordan's desert, some Palestinian refugees have gone back to Iraq rather than face the uncertainty and harsh conditions of life in a makeshift refugee camp. -
UNHCR calls for renewed attention to plight of displaced Sri Lankans
29 Apr 2004 Some 360,000 uprooted Sri Lankans have returned home since a cease-fire between Tamil Tiger rebels and the Colombo government took effect two years ago. As the nation awaits the resumption of the stalled peace talks, UNHCR is urging renewed focus on the plight of hundreds of thousands of people who remain displaced in their country. -
Sri Lankans displaced in rebel fighting return home
13 Apr 2004 Several thousand displaced Sri Lankans return home after factional fighting among rebels of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) eased. The UN refugee agency expresses hopes that negotiations to end two decades of civil strife in Sri Lanka will continue between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government. -
UNHCR applauds Sri Lanka's move to recognise stateless Tamils
4 Dec 2003 The UN refugee agency is supporting a 10-day programme for some 300,000 stateless Tamils of Indian origin to apply for citizenship in Sri Lanka, where they have lived for generations with little legal protection and basic rights. -
UNHCR seeks solutions for Palestinians on Iraq-Jordan border
28 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency has raised concerns about hundreds of refugees stuck in the border area between Iraq and Jordan who are ill-equipped to face the coming winter. -
UNHCR uses high tech gear to register Palestinians in Iraq
17 Jul 2003 UNHCR is using state-of-the-art digital technology to register Palestinian refugees who have found themselves in a legal limbo after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime.