Ivory Coast Refugees Living With Former Liberian Refugees Bigger refugee camps are going up along Liberia's eastern border for more than 150,000 people who fled Ivory Coast's political crisis, earlier this year. Many Ivorian refugees are living in lo...
The U.N. refugee agency says an increasing number of people are returning to their homes as the situation improves in Georgia. The UNHCR says many people who fled their homes in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia also are returning as condi...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 September 2006 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says Somali refugees continue to flee to Kenya. Since September 13, the UNHCR says more than 3,400 Somalis have fled growing tensions and fighting in their country. ------- A S...
By Nico Gnecchi Dadaab, Kenya 14 September 2006 The recent takeover of much of southern Somalia by the Islamic courts has cast a shadow on some Somali refugees heading home. New arrivals keep surging across the border, and more than 21,000 so far th...
By June Soh Washington, DC 20 July 2006 watch Kurdish report The U.S. government has taken many steps to prevent terrorism since the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. Federal authorities have strengthened anti-terrorism laws. This has led to t...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 July 2006 Men escape from the Woomera Detention Center for asylum seekers in Woomera, Australia (File photo) A new study has highlighted the enormous problems facing African refugees in Australia. The trauma and uncertainty...
By Nico Colombant Chad 29 May 2006 watch Chad Refugees report Sudan's war in the Darfur region has been devastating, marked by attacks in which pro-government militias have burned villages, killed people in front of their relatives, and raped young...
By Cathy Majtenyi Musasa Transit Center, Burundi 26 April 2006 About 18,000 Rwandans in northern Burundi are applying to stay in Burundi as refugees, claiming that their lives are in danger. But about...
By Nico Colombant Buduburam Refugee Camp, Accra, Ghana 13 March 2006 In West Africa, even though peace and democracy have returned to war-torn Liberia, tens of thousands of Liberian refugees remain in...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - FutureShack' for Refugees By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, July 05, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Sean Godsell designs buildings. He is...