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A third of refugees in Poland may be homeless
20 Feb 2012 Many of those granted asylum in Poland may be sleeping in shelters, empty buildings, train stations or even night buses. -
Central, Eastern Europe aim to improve refugee status decisions
18 Sep 2008 Eight European Union countries, now meeting in Budapest, are to spend 18 months reviewing and developing the quality of their asylum status decisions. -
Bulgaria gets tougher on Iraqi asylum applications
21 Apr 2008 Until a few months ago, Bulgaria was a safe haven for Iraqi refugees. But UNHCR fears that the Balkans nation has changed its policy. -
Chechen arrivals in Poland back to normal after surge
3 Apr 2008 A surge in the number of Chechen asylum seekers arriving in Poland has eased as people get the message that membership of the Schengen zone does not mean total freedom of movement within Europe. -
Young asylum seekers and their teachers face a test in some European nations
12 Sep 2006 Schools around Europe opened their doors to millions of children earlier this month, including one special group of students keen to get back into the classroom but wondering how they will fit in and cope with lessons. -
Blaze destroys refugee reception centre in Slovakia, no casualties
12 Sep 2006 Refugee children playing with a lighter are believed to have started a fire that destroyed a refugee reception centre in Slovakia. All 41 asylum seekers escaped the blaze, which erupted on Monday at a centre in Brezova pod Bradlom, 100 kms north of Bratislava. -
For Chechens, Poland is not west enough
5 Dec 2005 Although Poland has been a member of the EU for over a year, the Chechen asylum seekers there are still convinced the grass is greener further west - but the EU's Dublin Regulation means using Poland as a transit country is no longer possible, leading to a clash between Chechen hopes and European asylum realities. -
Hunger strike reveals strains in Polish asylum system
13 Dec 2004 A hunger strike in Debak reception centre for asylum seekers near Warsaw has highlighted the asylum problems facing Poland and other new European Union countries. This is the first story in an occasional series on asylum issues in the new EU states. -
UNHCR welcomes Poland's decision to reopen doors to Chechens
19 Nov 2002 In a policy reversal, Poland has allowed 150 Chechen asylum seekers to enter the country after protests against an earlier decision to turn them away. The UN refugee agency says it hopes this is a permanent decision, and that Lithuania will follow suit.