Refugees News
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A different view on the situation with illegal immigrants in Italy. People escaping from war-torn countries have nowhere else to go.
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Jakarta -
Reuters first and then BBC are reporting hundreds missing as another wooden (perhaps fiberglass) boat sinks off the Indonesian coast of East Java. No doubt these are more 'illegal' immigrants (mostly from the Middle East) attempting to reach Australia.
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Dar Es Salaam -
The government of Tanzania has refuted claims that refugees are being evacuated from Katumba, Mishamo and Rubumu refugee camps to pave a way for an American firm to cultivate the land.
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Tunisia’s state news agency said that between 200 and 270 people are missing in the Mediterranean. The boat that was carrying them to Europe, illegally, broke down.
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A press release from the UN has highlighted the plight of refugees who are desperately trying to escape the war in Libya by sea. Representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met with the survivors of a boat disaster on Friday.
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Syria -
A Syrian woman fleeing with other refugees was shot and later died of her wounds whilst fleeing with scores others from their homeland.
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Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi rushed to Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island located 70 miles from Tunisia after learning that migrants from North Africa have "invaded" the island, with thousands more arriving by boats from war-torn Libya.
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Abidjan -
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says up to a million people have fled the West African nation of Ivory Coast because they fear an all-out civil war between followers of rival presidential claimants.
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Philippine immigration officials have noted an increasing number of Japanese nationals arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after a strong quake and tsunami flattened northeastern Japan, killing thousands of people over a week ago.
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Rush Limbaugh found himself in the cross-hairs of the American media when the comments he made about a ABC news special - filmed at a Japanese refugee camp featuring Diane Sawyer - were interpreted as "mocking the victims of the disaster."
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Refugees 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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