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UNHCR calls for access, transparency after Lampedusa deportations
18 Mar 2005 Yesterday's deportation of some 180 people from Italy's Lampedusa island to Libya has raised deep concerns from the UN refugee agency, which has appealed to the Italian authorities for more access and transparency. -
Former embassy now home to desperate Somalis in Rome
16 Nov 2004 The Association of Emigrant Somali Women in Rome recently organised a party to celebrate the end of Ramadan with some 50 Somali asylum seekers living in their run-down former embassy. Many of them have been sent back to Italy from other European countries and now live in desperate conditions. -
Handling of Cap Anamur asylum claims was flawed, says UNHCR
23 Jul 2004 The UN refugee agency has written to the Italian authorities criticizing the process that led up to the expulsion from Italy of a group of asylum seekers at the centre of an international furore. -
UNHCR "Angels" fundraising campaign takes off in Italy
24 Dec 2003 The UN refugee agency has launched a campaign to encourage the Italian public - UNHCR's top private donors - to donate at least 8 euros every month to adopt, assist and protect a refugee family. -
Refugee finds anchor after years adrift
10 Dec 2003 In the first in an occasional series on refugee lives, UNHCR talks to a Congolese refugee woman who has finally found her feet in Sicily after spending four turbulent years in search of safety and stability. -
UNHCR mourns loss of award-winning aid worker
6 Oct 2003 The UN refugee agency has expressed grief over the brutal murder of Dr Annalena Tonelli, who received the Nansen Refugee Award earlier this year for her long-time humanitarian work with the Somalis. -
Nansen Award helps Italian aid worker "be a stronger voice for a people who have no voice"
26 Jun 2003 Receiving the Nansen Refugee Award at a Geneva ceremony, Italian humanitarian worker Dr Annalena Tonelli said she hoped the award will help refocus attention on the problems of Somalia, where she has provided health care to the local communities for more than three decades. -
Italian woman wins Nansen Refugee Award for work in Somalia
15 Apr 2003 The UN refugee agency's annual award goes to Annalena Tonelli, an Italian woman who has spent more than three decades helping Somalis fight tuberculosis, AIDS, illiteracy, blindness, malnutrition and female genital mutilation. -
UNHCR applauds Italy's treatment of boatpeople, but expresses concern over tone of political debate
22 Mar 2002 The refugee agency praises Italy's handling of the latest incident involving the arrival of nearly 1,000 Kurds on the "Monica", but expresses serious concern about the increasingly inflammatory tone of the political debate surrounding asylum and immigration issues.