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UNHCR publication for CIS Conference (Displacement in the CIS) - The CIS Conference on Refugees and Migrants
1 May 1996 The CIS Conference process is the first attempt by the international community to grapple comprehensively with the huge, unprecedentedly complex and destabilizing movements taking place in the countries of the CIS. -
UNHCR publication for CIS Conference (Displacement in the CIS) - Orphans of the USSR: the return of the Slavs
1 May 1996 When the Soviet Union broke up, some 34 million Russians, Ukranians and Belarusians, no longer sure whether they were at home or abroad, began to feel insecure in the newly independent republics where they were residing. By 1996, over 3 million had returned to their ethnic homelands, creating severe economic strains at both ends. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 99 (Regional solutions) - A volatile ethnic mix
1 Mar 1995 The war in Chechnya underscores the urgency of international efforts to set out a comprehensive approach to the problems of refugees and displaced people in the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states. (Editor's note: This issue of Refugees focuses on the growing international trend toward comprehensive or regional solutions to refugee problems. This topic is also examined in UNHCR's biennial report, The State of the World's Refugees: The Search for Solutions, published by Oxford University Press in November 1995.) -
Refugees Magazine Issue 99 (Regional solutions) - Starting from scratch
1 Mar 1995 If ever a comprehensive regional approach was desperately needed, it is in the countries directly affected by the aftershocks of the crash of the Soviet Union. (Editor's note: This issue of Refugees focuses on the growing international trend toward comprehensive or regional solutions to refugee problems. This topic is also examined in UNHCR's biennial report, The State of the World's Refugees: The Search for Solutions, published by Oxford University Press in November 1995.) -
Refugees Magazine Issue 98 (After the Soviet Union) - Tip of the iceberg
1 Dec 1994 The Baltic states fear becoming a transit zone between Russia and the Nordic countries for thousands of asylum-seekers from the Third World who long to leave behind poor living conditions in Russia for a better life in the West. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 98 (After the Soviet Union) - Hostages of the empire
1 Dec 1994 An estimated 25 million Russians today live outside of Russia in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic countries. Their presence is perhaps the most complex legacy of the Soviet era. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 98 (After the Soviet Union) - Meeting the challenge
1 Dec 1994 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister S. Krylov says an influx of refugees and forced migrants into his country is growing, and today totals some 2 million people. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 98 (After the Soviet Union) - Chilly reception for refugees in Russia
1 Dec 1994 For most of its history, Russia's borders have been closed both to people trying to get in and to people trying to get out. But the collapse of the Soviet Union changed all that. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 98 (After the Soviet Union) - Population displacement in the former Soviet Union
1 Dec 1994 Complex refugee and displacement problems have emerged in the former Soviet Union as a result of numerous ethnic conflicts, causing increasing concern at UNHCR and among the international community.