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Displaced Chechens anxious as troops move near Ingushetia camps, says UNHCR
1 Nov 2002 According to the UN refugee agency, the presence of troops near four camps for internally displaced Chechens in Ingushetia is worrying inhabitants and raising protection concerns for some who have yet to receive official registration documents. -
Insecurity forces UNHCR to suspend aid to Chechens in Georgia
2 Aug 2002 Advised by the Georgian authorities, the UN refugee agency temporarily suspends aid activities in the Pankisi Valley, leaving some 3,800 Chechen refugees with a few weeks' worth of supplies. -
UNHCR questions closure of camps for internally displaced in Chechnya
12 Jul 2002 Some 2,200 displaced Chechens have been moved to the war-ravaged capital of Grozny; UNHCR is concerned about voluntariness of the returns. -
UNHCR concerned over racist attacks in Moscow
18 Apr 2002 The refugee agency condemns "vicious" attacks that killed a Russian citizen of Afghan origin and left his Congolese companion seriously injured. -
Ethnic minorities could face deportation from Russia under new decree
5 Apr 2002 The Meskhetian people, long-time residents of Krasnodar Krai in the Black Sea region of Russia, could be deported as illegal immigrants. -
Lubbers calls for political solution to conflict in Chechnya
17 Jan 2002 High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers calls for a political solution to the conflict in Chechnya and calls on Chechens to be more involved in strengthening security in their republic. -
Lubbers visits Chechen refugees in an effort to draw attention to their plight
16 Jan 2002 High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers arrives in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia to visit Chechen refugees in an effort to focus attention on their plight. -
Angolan refugee murdered near UNHCR's Moscow refugee centre
10 Sep 2001 UNHCR has called on Russian authorities and civil society to prevent racist attacks after an Angolan refugee died as a result of injuries sustained in a gang attack outside UNHCR's refugee reception centre in Moscow on August 23. -
Civilians flee Chechnya
7 Aug 2001 The number of civilians leaving Chechnya increased in recent days. The new arrivals in neighbouring Ingushetia said they left because of fears of renewed clashes between Russian troops and Chechen fighters.