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“A depressing read”, but “lots to be optimistic about.” Claire Mallinson, National Director of Amnesty International Australia sums up the 2012 report (which covers the period January to December 2011).
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Turkey has told the UN that it may need help in handling the large flow of refugees fleeing from the conflict that is currently engulfing Syria.
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Australia is set to deport a refugee from Afghanistan whose application for asylum was rejected by immigration authorities for undisclosed reasons.
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Eman al-Obeidy, the Libyan woman who accused troops loyal to Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi of gang-raping her in Tripoli last March, was forcibly sent back by Qatar authorities to rebel-controlled City of Benghazi in Libya on Thursday.
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Japan's Emperor and Empress turned off the lights and heat for voluntary palace power outages in support of citizens experiencing rolling blackouts. The Emperor and Empress also visited evacuees in Tokyo.
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Victims of the recent Japan tsunami can stay in hotels and inns at the government's expense. Residents of a damaged area who are without household water can take baths in local hotels, and a Tokyo hotel postpones demolition in order to house refugees.
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A white South African Brandon Carl Huntley who was granted refugee status in Canada after he claimed racial persecution faces the possibility of being sent home, following a request to review his case.
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Ottawa -
The Canadian government announced today it will extend its measures for Iraqi refugees for at least two additional years. As a result Canada will now be resettling an additional 8,600 refugees.
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Vancouver -
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, say they are afraid they may be murdered in the U.S. and are applying for refugee status in Canada.
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Chester -
A transgendered woman from Ireland has been told that she is eligible to apply for refugee status in Canada. She claims she will be a target for hate if she is sent back to Europe.
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Refugee Headlines
 The federal government needs to take the politics out of Canada's refugee determination system, refugee advocates say.
The medic caring for South Sudan's refugees
Refugees from the conflict in Syria are continuing to flock into neighbouring Turkey.
 Analysis of data for 2011 shows that the chance of success for a refugee to stay in Canada can depend on who hears the case at the Immigration and Refugee Board.
South Korea's parliament passes a resolution demanding that China stops the repatriation of North Korean refugees.
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