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Evicted Palestinians in Baghdad to receive UNHCR aid
9 May 2003 The UN refugee agency has sent an aid convoy with emergency supplies for Palestinian refugees recently evicted from their homes in the Iraqi capital. Some Iranian refugee families have also been forced out of their homes in southern Iraq, raising fears of a post-war backlash against refugees. -
Swiss vote could turn genuine refugees away, warns UNHCR
5 Nov 2002 The UN refugee agency has raised serious concerns that an initiative to change Switzerland's asylum law, if voted into law on November 24, could result in a highly restrictive asylum system that rejects genuine refugees.