Asylum

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador AngelinaJolie is appealing for more international support for Afghan refugees who are returning home. The acclaimed American actress visited UNHCR operations in Kabul and the eastern province of Nangarhar, where she heard from Afghans who are struggling to rebuild their lives after years in exile.Many face continued insecurity andrising food prices.

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Politician Fiona Hyslop, Slab Boys author John Byrne, XFM DJ Heather Suttie, and ex-Delgado Emma Pollock take part in a series of home visits to refugees and asylum seekers across Glasgow to swap stories of home and mark the launch of the Refugee Week Scotland 09 programme.

Refugee Week 2009 (15-21 June) is an exciting programme of events happening across the country to celebrate diversity and raise awareness of refugee issues, in partnership with Homecoming Scotland and the celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth.

Visit http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/ for more information.

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Politician Fiona Hyslop, Slab Boys author John Byrne, XFM DJ Heather Suttie, and ex-Delgado Emma Pollock take part in a series of home visits to refugees and asylum seekers across Glasgow to swap stories of home and mark the launch of the Refugee Week Scotland 09 programme.

Refugee Week 2009 (15-21 June) is an exciting programme of events happening across the country to celebrate diversity and raise awareness of refugee issues, in partnership with Homecoming Scotland and the celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth.

Visit http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/ for more information.

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Iranian diplomat in Norway detected and asked political asylum in Norway

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UN Refugee Agency / Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

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video uploaded from my mobile phone, sorry for poor quality, original oil painting entitled: “Janjaweed attack Darfur”, as a tribute to the victims. Janjawid means “devil on horse”.

Fighting between pro-government militias and rebels in Darfur has led to the deaths of more than 200,000 people and displaced 2.5 million since February 2003. Most of the displaced people remain in Darfur, but the UN estimates that 236,000 fled to Chad. Tens of thousands of other asylum seekers have sought refuge in Egypt.

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American Purgatory: Political asylum in the age of terrorism
http://www.americanpurgatory.org
Each year thousands of people arrive in the United States seeking refuge from violence and persecution in their home countries. American Purgatory, an audio documentary, portrays their experiences applying for asylum. It’s a process that is necessarily rigorous, but for those going through it, it can seem like a contradiction to their vision of the US: more than heaven–a purgatory of sorts.

Produced by Olivia Bueno and Sarah Elzas
http://www.americanpurgatory.org

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http://www.humanrightsfirst.org – Through the Asylum Legal Representation Program at Human Rights First, volunteer lawyers have the unique opportunity to change the lives of refugees by helping them win asylum in the United States. Our programs clients have fled from political, religious, ethnic, and gender-based persecution in countries plagued by human rights violations. They cannot afford counsel and desperately need representation. Volunteer lawyers learn about international human rights law and have the chance to represent individual clients at an asylum interview or a hearing before an immigration judge.

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Many Palestinians living in Iraq were forced to flee to refugee camps after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. They still live in desperate conditions on the Iraq-Syrian border, unable to return to Baghdad or flee to neighbouring countries. Some, however, have found asylum elsewhere in countries far from home indeed, as far as Iceland.

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