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Invisible Among the Dispossessed: Internally Displaced Persons

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New America Media - By Andrew Lam - Feb. 17 (News Analysis) - While a refugee who fits the strict definition given by the Geneva Convention is, at least in principle, provided some legal protection, such as the right to food and shelter and the freedom to practice his religion, an internally displaced person is virtually invisible, his story never told, and his rights nonexistent.

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"Haiti is Shaken to the Core"

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jan. 19 (News Report) - "Haiti is devastated as if a bomb, many bombs, exploded throughout Port-Au-Prince and beyond, where help has not arrived at all," reports Amy Goodman on her travels outside of Port-Au-Prince to the epicenter of the earthquake. "The smell of death hangs in the air."

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Eve Ensler: The Other Face of Pakistan

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Eve Ensler - Nov. 30 (Investigative Report) - I have just returned from Pakistan where I was invited to support the efforts of women on the ground who are refusing to be terrified and silenced in the face of recent bombings and attacks. This was my fifth trip to Pakistan over the last fifteen

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Mapping out refugees and asylum seekers worldwide

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Worldfocus - Oct. 14 (News Report) - In our show tonight, we take a look at Indonesia, where hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who fled the violence back home are now threatening to blow themselves up. We also explore how police have mounted operations to wipe out makeshift camps around Calais in northern France. Hamish MacDonald reports on the predominantly Afghan [...]

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Pakistan: Ruined Farmers Say Children Won't Go to School

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Inter Press Service - By Ashfaq Yusufzai - Aug. 06 (Special Report) - PESHAWAR, Aug 6 (IPS) - Fertile Swat's famous orchards of peach, plum and apple were just starting to ripen when the Pakistan military launched an air and land attack on Taliban fighters in end-April, uprooting tens of thousands of civilians.

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Swat: The Neglected Exodus

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Mystified Justice - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 02 (News Analysis) - The Authorities usually promise more than they can deliver. While the people continue to protest and complain about poor aid facilities, the authorities paint a different picture.Quite the usual one perhaps.

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Pakistan: Handling The Return Of Refugees

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sana Saleem - Aug. 01 (News Analysis) - The Government of Pakistan has finally announced a schedule for the Swat refugees outlining their return to home. Pakistani bloggers feel that a lot more needs to be done to ensure their safety and for their rehabilitation.

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Swat Valley IDPs Continue to Suffer In Pak; Children Some Of The Worst Hit

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Huma Imtiaz - Jul. 29 (News Report) - Twelve-year-old Bahadur speaks of war and the Taliban with the candor children his age employ to talk of video games and cartoons. "I saw helicopters. They dropped shells and mortars. We left home because of the Taliban." An IDP from Mingora, Swat, Bahadur has left behind his age of innocence, and talks frankly of the sights he saw in the Swat Valley. Bahadur and his family walked for days before they boarded a bus that brought them to the IDP camp in Karachi. Gul Mohammad, another young child, has a similar story. "We left Mingora, and took refuge in a small town. After spending two days there, the Taliban, or maybe the army shelled the area with mortar shells. We left and walked for six days before we got to Mardan, and then we came to Karachi." Bushra, an eight year old girl, tries to engage the other 80 children in the camp to play games, a hard feat, considering they have no toys. Bushra talks of the flourishing orchards they left behind, and repeats a constant refrain, "I want to go back home." Every one of the inhabitants of this camp has a similar story to tell. Amina Bibi talks of the ten month child that died in the journey from the Swat Valley as she tries, with very little food supplies, to take care of her one year old child that did survive the trek to Karachi.

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What is statelessness?

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Worldfocus - Jul. 17 (Special Report) - Statelessness could mean you are trapped in the country you were born — with no birth certificate, no passport and no right to vote. You many not be able to own land ownership, access to health care and legal employment. Twelve to 15 million people live in limbo without the benefits of nationality.

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Swat Valley Could Be Worst Refugee Crisis Since Rwanda, UN Warns

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian/UK - By Declan Walsh - May. 19 (News Report) - Almost 1.5 million people have registered for assistance since fighting erupted three weeks ago, the UNHCR said, bringing the total number of war displaced in North West Frontier province to more than 2 million, not including 300,000 the provincial government believes have not registered.

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