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  1. The Refugees

    infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Refugees br A Tale of Two Continents orig title translator image Image Refugee 1.jpg 200px image caption Frontispiece The Grand Lever of the King author Arthur Conan Doyle illustrator T. de Thulstrup cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series genre Historical novel publisher Harper & Brothers release date 1893 in literature 1893 media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages 366 isbn NA first published before ISBN system started preceded by Lot No. 249 followed by Jane Annie, or the Good Conduct Prize The Refugees 1893 in literature 1893 is a historical novel by United Kingdom British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ref http www.s4ulanguages.com sherlock.html Facsimile of the 1st edition 1893 ref . It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV , and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit France . Major themes include Louis XIV s marriage to Madame de Maintenon , retirement from court of Madame de Montespan , the revoking of the Edict of Nantes and the subsequent emigration of the Huguenot de Catinats to United States America . References Reflist External links wikisource Gutenberg no 11413 name The Refugees Conan Doyle DEFAULTSORT Refugees, The Category 1893 novels Category Novels by Arthur Conan Doyle Category British historical novels Category Novels set in France 19thC novel stub uk ...   more details



  1. Refugees (song)

    About a song by The Tears The Van der Graaf Generator song of the same name The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other Infobox single Name Refugees Cover Refugeestears.jpg Artist The Tears from Album Here Come the Tears Released April 25, 2005 Format CD , Vinyl record 7 Recorded 2005 Genre Britpop Length 2 53 Label Independiente Records Producer Bernard Butler This single Refugees br 2005 Next single Lovers song Lovers br 2005 Refugees is the debut single by The Tears , released on April 25, 2005 on Independiente Records . It charted at number 9 on the UK singles chart, which was relatively good considering the lack of success done by the previous Suede band Suede album, as well as the fact that it was the band s first single. The title track s lyrical content is said by Brett Anderson to have political meaning, regarding his disgust towards the treatment of refugees. ref Author unknown. http www.nme.com news the tears 19302 THE TEARS DISCUSS THEIR REFUGEES . NME.com 24 February 2005 ref The second single off the debut album, Lovers song Lovers , was originally slated to be a b side to the Refugees single. This was changed after the record label decided it was worthy of being on the album. Anderson claimed that b side Southern Rain was deserving ref Cowen, Nick. http drownedinsound.com releases 6516 reviews 11807 The Tears Refugees . Drowned In Sound . 8 April 2005 ref John Murphy of MusicOMH wrote that, Anderson sounds more inspired than he has done in years and the song itself boasts a gloriously epic feel, worthy of the first Suede album. ref Murphy, John. http www.musicomh.com singles tears.htm Track reviews The Tears Refugees . MusicOMH . ref Single Track Listings 7 Refugees Break Away CD1 Refugees Southern Rain CD2 Refugees Feels Like Monday Branded Refugees Video References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Refugees Song Category British songs Category Britpop songs Category 2005 singles Category Songs written by Bernard Butler Category Songs written by Brett Anderson ...   more details



  1. Refugees in Nepal

    Nepal is home to 120,370 refugees officially recognized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR . Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees account for a large majority of Nepal s refugee population ... Operations Profile ref Refugees from Bhutan main Bhutanese refugees In the early 1990s, close ....html Nepal Bhutanese refugees find new life beyond the camps ref Without the right to work or own land in Nepal these refugees have been dependent on food aid from the United Nations. ref http ... refugees in Nepal ref After several failed discussions aimed at repatriating the refugees to Bhutan or Nepal, the refugees are now beginning to be relocated to other international destinations with the help ... refugee resettlement initiative in 2007 the UNHCR has relocated over 20,000 refugees. The United States accommodated 17,612 of these refugees, with the rest moving to Australia, Canada, Norway, New ... refugees resettled from Nepal ref The five Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal are Beldangi refugee camps ... Sanischare Timai refugee camp Timai Refugees from Tibet see Tibetan diaspora In the years 1959, 1960 ... Refugees Committee. ref name settlements http www.tibetgov.net set nep.html ref Those ... id 567&url subchannel id 12&well id 2 Justice denied and rights denied Tibetan refugees in Nepal ... Refugees Although Nepal is home to some 800,000 Stateless people stateless residents, the exact number of refugees is uncertain because Nepal is not a signatory of the 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees that ensures the legal status and economic rights of refugees. ref name nepalprofile ... not recognize additional cases of urban refugees within its borders in an effort to prevent Nepal from becoming a safe haven for Illegal Immigration illegal immigrants . Among the 220 refugees already ... time world article 0,8599,1936578,00.html Somali Refugees in Nepal Stuck in the Waiting Room ref References references Bhutanese refugees DEFAULTSORT Refugees In Nepal Category Forced migration ...   more details



  1. Actors for Refugees

    Use dmy dates date July 2011 Use Australian English date July 2011 Actors for Refugees is an Australia n community organisation. It was founded in Melbourne in September 2001 by actresses Alice Garner and Kate Atkinson actress Kate Atkinson . It aimed to use the collective power of Australian actors to influence community attitudes toward refugees and asylum seekers and to encourage a humanitarian response to their plight. The network s main activity was performing Something to Declare compiled by Michael Gurr, and Club Refuge rehearsed readings of true stories and first hand testimonies of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. The Australian network ceased to operate in early 2008. UK network history In 2006, one of the core members of the Australian network, Christine Bacon, joined with theatre company iceandfire to develop an Actors for Refugees network and production in the UK. The UK production, called Asylum Monologues, was launched along with Actors for Refugees UK, on 25 June 2006 at Amnesty International, London. It has been touring the UK ever since and has reached many thousands of people. Actors for Human Rights In 2008, Actors for Refugees UK became Actors for Human Rights and now aims to draw public attention to a range of human rights concerns. it has become the major outreach project of iceandfire theatre company. Productions to be launched in 2008 include Rendition Monologues , Asylum Dialogues , Palestine Monologues and The Illegals . External links http www.iceandfire.co.uk afhr Actors for Human Rights http iceandfire.co.uk iceandfire theatre company http video.google.com videosearch?q asylum monologues&sitesearch Short film about Actors for Refugees UK http www.actorsforrefugees.org.au Actors for Refugees Primarysources date December 2006 DEFAULTSORT Actors For Refugees Category 2001 establishments in Australia Category Organisations based in Australia Category Refugee aid organisations in the United Kingdom ...   more details



  1. The Forgotten Refugees

    Infobox Film name The Forgotten Refugees image BuyFR 1 .jpg image size caption director Michael Grynszpan producer The David Project, IsraTV writer narrator starring music cinematography editing distributor released 2005 runtime 49 minutes country language English budget The Forgotten Refugees is a 2005 documentary film produced by The David Project and IsraTV that recounts the rich history of the ancient Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa and Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands their rapid demise in the face of persecution in the decades following the creation of the modern State of Israel in 1948. The film was directed by Michael Grynszpan with Ralph Avi Goldwasser serving as the executive producer. Summary The documentary explores the history, culture, and Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands forced exodus of Middle Eastern and North African Jewish communities in the second half of the 20th century . Using extensive testimony of refugees from Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, and Morocco, the film weaves personal stories with dramatic archival footage of rescue missions, historic images of exodus and resettlement, and analyses by contemporary scholars to tell the story of how and why the Jewish population in the Middle East and North Africa declined from one million in 1945 to several thousand today. Awards The Forgotten Refugees won the Best Documentary ... from Arab lands Jewish refugees Islam and antisemitism Arabs and antisemitism References reflist External links http www.theforgottenrefugees.com The Forgotten Refugees Official Website http www.tjctv.com movies the forgotten refugees The Jewish Channel s Forgotten Refugees page http www.camera.org ... PlayList&p DED3FB5A02EDC198&index 0&playnext 1 Video The Forgotten Refugees film on YouTube http ... Forgotten Refugees, The Category 2005 films Category 2000s documentary films Category Documentary films ... documentary films Category Documentary films about refugees Category Jewish refugees ...   more details



  1. Refugees United

    Infobox company company name Refugees United company logo company type Non governmental organization ... Refunite.org intl yes Refugees United is an independent, Non governmental organization international ... States. Refugees United aims to assist refugees with an anonymous and safe Search engine internet search engine to find and reconnect with missing family members. Refugees are able to register ... to closest family members and friends. All refugees are welcome, regardless of conflict, place or time. Refugees United does not however assist with physical reunifications. ref http www.bbc.co.uk programmes p006kz8k ref Refugees United s search engine cuts away the barricades between the seeker and the sought, to allow refugees direct access to each other through a powerful and simple system ... or location. Particular emphasis is placed on the security aspects of the Refugees United server. The application ... reasons. Refugees United was founded in 2005 by the Danish brothers David and Christopher Mikkelsen. Award winning actor Mads Mikkelsen serves as Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees United. Some of the major sponsors of Refugees United include SAS, SAP, Ketchum, Google grants,Fed Ex Express,Matter Design Studio and MYC4. Mission statement According to its mission statement, Refugees United ... around the world. This unique internet search engine provides refugees with a global, anonymous ... lost family members is often a lonely, overwhelmingly difficult task. Refugees United s search engine cuts away the barricades between the seeker and the sought, to allow refugees direct access ... aspects of the Refugees United server. The application runs on dedicated, secured servers placed ... Stylemag.Net http www.stylemag online.net 2009 08 23 oh brother where are you External links Refugees United http www.refunite.org Refugees United Blog http blog.refunite.org Refugees United videos http ... refugees UN http www.un.org apps news story.asp?NewsID 35884&Cr unhcr&Cr1 Xinhuanet http news.xinhuanet.com ...   more details



  1. Refugees International

    Infobox NPO organization name Refugees International organization motto Advocating for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. organization type Non profit organization Non profit br NGO founded 1979 by Sue Morton in Washington, DC. location Washington, DC , New York City , and London key people Dr. Michel Gabaudan, President fields Media attention,advocating,research through missions to locations of displacement services area served Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kuwait, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan num members homepage URL http www.refugeesinternational.org Refugees International is a humanitarian organization supporting refugees including internally displaced people and stateless people. It publishes annual reports, as well as approximately twenty five field reports throughout the year on refugee issues, as well as comments on international aid issues around the world. ref cite web url http www.theaustralian.com.au news features refugees on a hiding to nothing story e6frg6z6 1226053485778 title Refugees on a hiding to nothing in the Australian publisher www.theaustralian.com ... of the refugees in The Economist publisher www.economist.com accessdate 2011 08 01 ref ref cite ... mission statement , Refugees International advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. Refugees, Peacekeeping, Statelessness According to its website, Refugees International was started in 1979 as a citizens movement to protect Indochinese refugees. Each year, Refugees International conducts 20 to 25 field missions to identify ... blog economy a budget 144791 refugees international alarmed at funding cuts title Opinion piece ... by governments and UN agencies that improve conditions for refugees and displaced people. RI does ... nongovernmental organizations Category Forced migration Category Nationality no Refugees International ...   more details



  1. Chechen refugees

    Chechen War s, hundreds of thousands of Chechen refugees have left their homes and left the republic ... after the start of the Second Chechen War in 2000, estimated 240,000 refugees almost doubled the Ingushetia s pre war population of 300,000 350,000 including the refugees from the Ingush Ossetian conflict ... cd08690452d2399bc1256a47004dc615 Tuberculosis sweeps Ingushetia with influx of Chechen refugees , Agence ... that have entered Ingushetia as refugees in the first year of the Second Chechen War . ref name ingush ... 525880.stm World Europe UN envoy meets Chechen refugees , BBC News , November 18, 1999 ref and 215,000 ... english docs 1999 12 17 russia8893.htm Chechen Refugees in Ingushetia Pressured to Return , Human ... Chechen Refugees Face Ejection From Camps In Ingushetia , Radio Free Europe , January 14, 2004 ref ... p07s02 woeu.html Russia says return, but Chechen refugees stay put , The Christian Science Monitor ... of Chechnya indeed, Chechen refugees indicated that they feared Chechen security forces more than ... for Refugees , making them the largest group of new refugees arriving in developed nation s. According ... name exodus According to another estimate from March 2009, there were some 130,000 Chechen refugees ... granted asylum rights to more than 2,000 Chechen refugees in 2007, bringing the total number to 17,000 ... db900sid ACOS 64BVT4?OpenDocument Belgium to grant Chechen refugees political asylum , Deutsche Presse ... said to be overhelmed due to an overwhelming number of Chechen refugees. ref http www.radio.cz en article 48947 Czech camps overwhelmed by Chechen Refugees , Refugees International , 30 12 2003 ref ... news eu 1201228321.26 Chechen refugees chase French dream following Schengen expansion , Agence ... group 90 in 2007 ref name wprost of refugees arriving in Poland, on the eastern border ... Kingdom there is a large number of Chechen refugees. Some of them wanted by Russia but the UK government ... Flag icon Azerbaijan Of 12,000 Chechen refugees who arrived in Azerbaijan , most moved on to Europe ...   more details



  1. Greek refugees

    refimprove date April 2011 Greek refugees is a collective term used to refer to the Greeks from Asia ... The Greek refugees from Asia Minor are usually called in Greek language Greek simply Oi Prosfyges , The Refugees . Alternative terms used are Oi Mikrasiates prosfyges , The Asia Minor refugees or 22 Oi prosfyges tou 22 , The refugees of 1922 22 . Further distinctions are made to denote the refugees from various historic regions of Anatolia Pontioi prosfyges , Pontic Greeks Pontic refugees , Kappadokes prosfyges , Cappadocian refugees , Mikrasiates prosfyges , The refugees ... is made for the Refugees from Smyrna Oi prosfyges tis Smyrnis , , since the core of the Greek population lived in the city of Smyrna . The refugees from Eastern Thrace are also ... the number of the Greeks of Asia Minor origin to be 1,164,267 probably over 3 million . Some refugees ... American citizenship , and thereby would not become refugees they would, however, be deprived from ... estimated that the refugees in Greece numbered approximately 1.5 million people. Descendants of the refugees ... of Greece claims full or partial descent from the Asia Minor refugees as does an almost equal ... of Nations map showing settlements of the Greek refugees deletable image caption The core of the refugee ... per Regions of Greece region in 1928 was as follows number of refugees and percent of the refugee population ... months. In addition, to this day every town in Greece has a quarter named , The Refugees ... 250px Density map showing the dispersion of Greek refugees within Greece Richard Clogg main List of refugee ... Ionia Inebolu denotes settlement that pre existed, but acquired a large number or refugees Expand ... the refugees and their descendants to be the owners of their own land. The income tax of the Greek state rose by about 400 within 4 years, mainly thanks to the refugees from 319 million drachma s in 1923 ...   more details



  1. Refugees of Sudan

    cite book last Edwards first Jane Kani title Sudanese Women Refugees Transformations and Future ... displaced populations of non Sudanese origin, mainly refugees from neighboring countries, representing approximately 300,000 of the total figure. Sudanese refugees are persons originating from ... cite journal last de Waal first Alex title Refugees and the Creation of Famine The Case of Dar ... by the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees . ref name 1951 Convention cite web title The 1951 Refugee Convention url http ... displaced persons, and refugees when the migrants cross international borders. Given the expansive ..., questions surrounding southern Sudanese IDPs may become questions of South Sudanese refugees. Issues ... the number of refugees. ref name Abusharaf 2009 cite book last Abusharaf first Rogaia Mustafa title ... on seeking ways of dealing with the refugees, and these are usually temporary and do not address the violent conditions which produced the refugees. ref name Edwards 2007 An estimated 5.5 million Sudanese .... ref name Edwards 2007 The 1.5 million refugees sought shelter and safety in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda ... support mechanisms available to adequately meet the needs of refugees in Cairo, Beirut, Damascus, and elsewhere .... ref name Akeui 2005 Starting in the 1990s, the increase in refugees from Somalia and Sudan has forced UNHCR RO Cairo to shift its focus from education and training to care and maintenance of refugees ... process refugees for resettlement, moving refugees, and assisting with their medical examinations. IOM also conducts cultural orientation for the refugees to prepare them for resettlement in third countries. ref name Edwards 2007 Due to the shortages in UNHCR assistance to Sudanese refugees ... offer training programs for adult refugees, provide food rations to families, in addition to financial ... of Sudanese refugees in Egypt reflects the fact that many Sudanese travel to Cairo to obtain official ...   more details



  1. Refugees in India

    Unreferenced date May 2008 India has seen large influx of refugee populations throughout history. Refugees from Greater Iran According to Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian legend see Qissa i Sanjan , a few centuries after the conquest of the Sassanid Empire Sassanid state and the subsequent collapse of Zoroastrianism as a state sponsored religion, at least one group of Zoroastrians eventually migrated to what is now the Indian state of Gujarat to maintain their Zoroastrian religious tradition. Although this 16th 17th century legend is taken at face value by the majority of the Parsi people Parsis , persecution was not yet a significant issue at the time of migration 11th century at the latest . Given that the same legend observes that they migrated from Sanjan Khorasan Sanjan in present day Turkmenistan ... from East Bengal to India and only 0.7 million Muslims moving the other way. Tibetan refugees ... refugees have fled to India during the past 50 years. He left with his initial entourage in 1959, following ... 80,000 Tibetan refugees. Jawaharlal Nehru , the then Indian Prime Minister, agreed to provide all assistance to the Tibetan refugees to settle in India until their eventual return . 120,000 refugees ... have provided land for Tibetan refugees. The Government of India built special schools for Tibetans ... for the stay permit. RCs are not issued to new arrival refugees. The Indian Government also issues ... Certificate. Refugees from East Pakistan and Bangladesh During the Bangladesh Liberation ... in East Pakistan escalated an estimated 10 million refugees fled to India causing financial hardship ... refugees More than 60,000 Afghan refugees came to India Citation needed date August 2009 in the years ... does not officially recognise them as refugees, but has allowed the UNHCR to operate a programme ... on the Sky A Tibetan Refugee s Himalayan Escape DEFAULTSORT Refugees In India Category Demographic history of India Category Forced migration Category Refugees in India ...   more details



  1. Jewish refugees

    stages of their resettlement. Timeline of events that prompted major streams of Jewish refugees 722 ... brought to end the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain . Among other refugees was Maimonides ... Conference and other attempts failed to resolve the problem of Jewish refugees, a fact widely used in Nazi propaganda see also S.S. St. Louis . Many German and Austrian Jewish refugees from Nazism emigrated ... of these communities were more than 2,500 years old. Israel absorbed approximately 600,000 of these refugees ... absorbed into Israeli society, and the last Maabarah was dismantled in 1958. The Jewish refugees ... for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA . 1960s 1989 Due to the 1968 Polish political crisis ... , the story of Austrian Jewish refugees in France and in Belgium http womennewsnetwork.net 2007 08 ... Refugees Category Antisemitism Category Jewish history Category Forced migration Category Arab Israeli conflict Category Jewish refugees Link FA ru cs idov t uprchl ci es Refugiados jud os ru ...   more details



  1. Refugees of Iraq

    of refugees. Iran also provided right of asylum asylum for 1,400,000 Iraqi refugees who had been ... rebellions . In 2007, the United Nations estimated that nearly 5 million refugees fled the country ... million Iraqi refugees ref with nearly 100,000 fleeing to Syria and Jordan each month. ref name boston.com http fnb.tribe.net thread e18a0b80 e046 411d aa35 8c5bb6980cf5 U.N. 100,000 Iraq refugees ... opinion 8998973966395637759 Take Iraqi refugees in ref In October 2006, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR and the Iraqi ... reporting iraq displacement refugees kurdish government assistance ref Image Irani Soldiers ... expatriates. ref cite web title Refugees and Health url http costsofwar.org article refugees and health ... led invasion . The UNHCR reports the same proportion of IDP refugees in Iraq as Costs of War i.e. ... numbers of Iraqi refugees have also been resettled in Australia and Canada , and in the Western European ... or Julamerk region in southeastern Turkey and became refugees in other lands, notably Iran and Iraq ... spill over amongst the exiles. These refugees were estimated to have been leaving Iraq at a rate ... fled crumbling nation ref Refugees are mired in poverty as they are generally barred from working ... middle east article2701324.ece 50,000 Iraqi refugees forced into prostitution ref ref http www.radionetherlands.nl currentaffairs iraq070824 Iraqi refugees forced into prostitution ref Post Traumatic ... stress. n.d. . Medicinenet.com ref Research has shown that refugees are more likely to experience PTSD than a migrant that voluntarily left their native country. 25 of war affected refugees with suffer ... no studies on the mental health treatment efficacy with Iraqi refugees. People that have a higher level ... 06 20 damon.iraqrefugees index.html Iraq refugees chased from home, struggle to cope ref As of 2007 ... seven months only 69 people from Iraq have been granted Immigration to the United States Asylum for refugees ...   more details



  1. Sokora Refugees

    Infobox comic strip Part of Wikipedia WikiProject Webcomics title Sokora Refugees image Image Sokorarefugees.jpg caption The cover of Sokora Refugees,Volume 1. author Segamu , Melissa Dejesus url http www.sokora.com rss atom status On hiatus syndicate publisher flagicon Australia flagicon New Zealand Madman Entertainment br flagicon Canada flagicon USA Tokyopop first 2004 12 31 last 2006 11 10 genre Comedy Adventure rating Teen preceded by followed by Sokora Refugees was an amerimanga webcomic by Segamu and Melissa DeJesus started on 2004 12 31. Sokora Refugees was an ongoing webcomic updating every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, although the webcomic has been on hiatus since 2006 11 10. All comic strips on their website were available free. They also had some fanservice contents to amuse and excite their readers. This webcomic is also published in Trade paperback comics trade paperback by Tokyopop . According to Nielsen BookScan , Sokora Refugees is one of the publisher s best selling amerimanga . The relevancy of this sales success was called into question in March 2005 in the comics newsblog The Beat , due to a perceived conflict of interest involving the author. http www.comicon.com thebeat 2005 03 kurt hassler revealed.html . In its 2005 03 21 issue, Publishers Weekly identified the writer of Sokora Refugees as Kurt Hassler , who was the Borders Group Borders and Waldenbooks ... Refugees before the comic was actually a webcomic. http www.icv2.com articles news 5947.html The first volume of Sokora Refugees debuted on March 12, 2005 at 7 in the top ten on the BookScan list of Graphic novels. http www.icv2.com articles news 6950.html Sokora Refugees, Volume 1 ISBN 1 59532 736 3 Sokora Refugees, Volume 2 ISBN 1 59816 551 8 References http www.tokyopop.com dbpage.php?propertycode ... www.sokora.com Sokora Refugees website offline as of October 5, 2009 http www.tokyopop.com S 1203 TOKYOPOP s Sokora Refugees page Category 2000s webcomics Category Anime and manga inspired webcomics Category ...   more details



  1. Kurdish refugees

    The problem of Kurdish refugees and displaced has been created over the 20th century in the Middle East , and continues to loom today. Displacements of Kurds had already been happening within the Ottoman Empire , on pretext of local rebellion s suppression, over the period of its domination of the northern Fertile Crescent and the adjacent areas of Zagros and Taurus mauntains a.k.a. as Kurdistan , were the Kurdish population originates. In the early 20th century, massive desplacements were forced upon Christian minorities of the Ottoman Empire especially during the First World War and the Turkish War of Independence , but many of the Kurds , as well, suffered similar attitude as some of their tribal confederations cooperated with Ottomans, while others were opposing it and revolted in several areas. The situation for Kurds in the newborn nation of Turkey turned disastrous on the course of the 1920s and 1930s, when large scale Kurdish rebellions , resulted in massive massacres and expulsion ... together generated several millions of primarily Kurdish refugees, who mostly found refuge in Iran ... for 1,400,000 Iraqi refugees, mostly Kurds, who had been uprooted as a result of the Persian Gulf War ... of Kurdish refugees and displaced and their descendants. Refugees themselves still comprise a significant ... were given an official status in Syria. Kurdish refugees and displaced during World War I Empty ... date August 2011 Refugees of the Kurdish Iraqi conflict First Kurdish Iraqi War Empty section date ... displacement publisher Internal displacement.org date accessdate 2011 04 15 ref Refugees of Kurdish ... into North America, who are mainly political refugees and immigrants seeking economic opportunity .... Yazidis As many as 50,000 Yazidi refugees from Iraq arrived in Syria during the Iraq War . ref name ... 20, 2010 ref See also Refugees of the 2011 Syrian uprising References Reflist 2 Category Forced migration Category Iran Iraq War Refugees Category Iraqi society Category Kurdish diaspora Category Persecution ...   more details



  1. Refugees of the Heart

    Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Refugees of the Heart Type studio Artist Steve Winwood Cover Refugees of the Heart.jpg Released 1990 Recorded Genre Rock music Rock , Blue eyed soul Length 47 57 Label Virgin Records Virgin Producer Steve Winwood, Tom Lord Alge Last album Roll with It album Roll with It br 1988 This album Refugees of the Heart br 1990 Next album Junction Seven br 1997 Album ratings rev1 Rolling Stone rev1Score Rating 4 5 ref cite web archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071002015651 http www.rollingstone.com artists stevewinwood albums album 236708 review 5942939 refugees of the heart archivedate 2007 10 02 url http www.rollingstone.com artists stevewinwood albums album 236708 review 5942939 refugees of the heart title Steve Winwood Refugees of the Heart Music Reviews Rolling Stone first James last Hunter work rollingstone.com accessdate 7 August 2011 ref rev2 Allmusic rev2Score Rating 2.5 5 ref allmusic class album id r22072 first William last Ruhlmann accessdate 7 August 2011 ref noprose yes Refugees of the Heart is the sixth solo album by Steve Winwood , released in 1990. The album contained the hit single, One and Only Man , which topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and saw the return of former Traffic band Traffic bandmate Jim Capaldi to Winwood s songwriting team. By coincidence, a Traffic reunion followed in 1994. Because of that collaboration, Winwood would not record another solo album until late 1997. Track listing All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings except where noted You ll Keep on Searching 6 19 Every Day Oh Lord 5 49 One and Only Man Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi 5 00 I Will Be Here 5 58 Another Deal Goes Down 4 57 Running On 4 18 Come Out and Dance 5 33 In the Light of Day 9 44 Non album tracks Always instrumental In the Light of Day instrumental version Always was the b side to One and Only Man , while the instrumental version of In the Light of Day was the b side to I Will Be Here . The instrumental ...   more details



  1. List of refugees

    This is a list of famous people who are or were refugees . It also includes the children of refugees. The people are ordered according to the field in which they made their names. Advertising Lord Maurice Saatchi and Charles Saatchi founders of Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency. Their father was an Iraqi Jewish refugee. Architecture Richard Rogers designer of the Centre Pompidou and the Millennium Dome . His mother was a refugee from Trieste Eva Jircicna a refugee, she designed the Faith Zone in the Millennium Dome. Daniel Marot a refugee. He designed Hampton Court Palace jennifer kate richardson is a refugeeee Art Anish Kapoor won the 1991 Turner Prize. His parents were refugees who fled Iraq. Piet Mondrian a refugee Marc Chagall a Russian born Jewish refugee Jacob Epstein son of Polish Jewish refugees Lucian Freud a well known British painter, he is a German Jewish refugee Peter Carl Faberg Russian jeweller, fled Russia via Finland, Germany to Switzerland. Mona Hatoum a well known ... Tenniel a cartoonist and book illustrator descended from Huguenot refugees Alfred Wolmark painter, a Polish ... www.iLearn.to . He is a Vietnam ese refugee Sir John Houblon grandson of refugees. He was the first ... designers of the Guess Who game, were refugees Manufacturing Lakshmibhai Pathak founder of Patak s . He ... and Miss Saigon . He is the son of refugees Gene Simmons Member of Kiss band Kiss . His mother ... refugee Margaret Hodge British MP and Minister for Children. Her parents were refugees from Germany ... from Huguenot refugees Albert Einstein one of the world s most famous scientists German Jewish refugee ... refugees Jackie Chan Fled to the United States from Hong Kong after being threatened with death by the Triad ... Talk show host. His parents were German refugees Rachel Weisz actress. Both her parents are Jewish refugees Billy Wilder film director and writer, and a Jewish refugee Zohra Daoud former Afghanistan ... de Gaulle Airport since August 8, 1988. References Reflist Category Refugees fi Luettelo tunnetuista ...   more details



  1. Bhutanese refugees

    Image Lotshampa refugees in Beldangi Camp.jpg 350px thumb right Bhutanese refugees in Beldangi refugee ... of people of Nepal ese origin, including some Kirant Kirat , Tamang , and Gurung peoples. These refugees ... Bhutanese refugees have since resettled to North America and Europe under the auspices of the UNHCR ... cite web url http www.photovoice.org bhutan index1.php?id 3 2 publisher Bhutanese Refugees The Story ... title Offer To Resettle Bhutan Refugees date 2006 10 18 publisher Voice of America accessdate ... publisher Bhutanese Refugees The Story of a Forgotten People title People Lhotshampas remaining in Bhutan ... Initiative Network online date 2010 02 02 accessdate 2011 02 19 ref Refugees outside Bhutan .... The UNHCR began to distribute aid to the refugees and recognized most of those who arrived in Nepal .... ref name UNHCR1 The Bhutanese refugee issue remains unresolved. Most of the refugees were received ... www.unhcr.org cgi bin texis vtx search?page search&docid 47a30dc82&query bhutan title Refugees from ... of Nepal and UNHCR have managed seven refugee camps since the arrival of people claiming to be refugees from Bhutan in the 1990s. The government of Bhutan contends that among these refugees are local ... of Refugees Update No. 90 first S last Chandrasekharan publisher South Asia Analysis Group SAAG online date 2011 04 24 accessdate 2011 05 20 ref Whether the refugees deserve the label of Bhutanese refugees is questioned based on the fact that no proper screening was done by the UNHCR when they opened ... Finally Waves off Refugees url http www.atimes.com atimes China KL15Ad03.html publisher Asia Times ... and Update on Refugees Update No. 89 first S last Chandrasekharan publisher South Asia Analysis ... an agreement regarding the repatriation of certain classes of Bhutanese refugees living in refugee ... 7082586.stm title Bhutan refugees are intimidated publisher BBC News online first Subir last Bhaumik ... and other property formerly held by Lhotshampa refugees have been repopulated and taken over ...   more details



  1. Cypriot refugees

    See also Greek Cypriot diaspora Turkish Cypriot diaspora Cypriot refugees are the Cyprus Cypriot nationals or Cyprus residents who had their main residence as opposed to merely owning property in an area forcibly evacuated during the Cyprus conflict , as well as their descendants on the male line fathers pass on their refugee status to their children regardless of their place of birth . ref http www.thefreelibrary.com Christofias vetoes costly refugee law. a0228188380 Christofias vetoes costly refugee law TheFreeLibrary.com ref 1963 74 background main Cyprus dispute Civilian casualties and displacements during the Cyprus conflict Tension began in 1963 when Makarios proposed Z rich and London Agreement 13 Amendments proposed by Makarios III thirteen amendments to the constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots were opposed to the proposal since they viewed it as an attempt to remove their constitutional safeguards that Greek Cypriots had claimed to be problematic in the conduct of government. On 21 December 1963, clashes between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots erupted unleashed a wave of violence across the island. Facing violence from Greek Cypriot paramilitaries, mana mou re, in favour of unification with Greece Enosis , thousands of Turkish Cypriots fled their properties to enclaves with Turkish Cypriot majorities, protected from Turkish troops. By 1974, an attempted coup sponsored by the military Greek military junta of 1967 1974 then ruling Greece, trying to overthrow the Cypriot government and unite the island with Greece, was met with a military Turkish ..., being partly based on official Cypriot statistics which register children of displaced families as refugees ... Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Cyprus External links http mondediplo.com maps cyprusmdv49 ... relations of Northern Cyprus DEFAULTSORT Cypriot Refugees Category Cyprus dispute Refugees Category Cypriot refugees ...   more details



  1. Refugees (The Wire)

    cite web year 2006 title Episode guide episode 41 Refugees publisher HBO accessdate 2006 10 03 url http www.hbo.com thewire episode season4 episode04.shtml ref ref name E41 cite episode title Refugees episodelink Refugees The Wire episode series The Wire serieslink The Wire TV series credits Dennis ... Reflist External links http www.hbo.com the wire episodes the wire episodes 4 41 refugees index.html Refugees at HBO.com imdb episode 0763097 Refugees tv.com episode 744491 Refugees TheWire Category ...   more details



  1. Estonian travel document for refugees

    File Estonianrefugeetraveldocumentcover.jpg 120px thumb right Cover of a biometric Estonian travel document for refugees An Estonian travel document for refugees is an internationally recognised travel document issued to refugees by the Citizenship and Migration Board Estonia Citizenship and Migration Board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Estonia in accordance to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees . Identity Information Page Image Estonianrefugeetraveldocumentinfopage.jpg thumb 250px Information page of an Estonian travel document for refugees issued after the 20th September 2002 The Estonian travel document for refugees includes the following data Photo of passport holder Type S Code of Issuing State EST Passport No. 1 Surname 2 Given Names 3 Nationality 4 Date of Birth 5 Personal No. 6 Sex 7 Place of Birth 8 Date of Issue 9 Authority 10 Date of Expiry 11 Holder s Signature Estonian Travel Documents Non citizen travel documents Category International travel documents ...   more details



  1. African Refugees Development Center

    orphan date October 2008 The African Refugee Development Center ARDC , founded in 2004, is an Israel i non governmental organization created to assist, support, and empower the African refugee s and Right of asylum asylum seekers in Israel , and to promote a humane and fair Israeli asylum policy. Based on the principle of mutual aid and empowerment refugees helping refugees , the organization s goals include Promote humane, fair and effective policies on the reception, protection and integration of asylum seekers and refugees in Israel Assist refugees and asylum seekers towards self sufficiency as independent, productive and contributing members of society Facilitate the participation and empowerment of refugees and asylum seekers through their inclusion in education possibilities, the labor market, and health care Empower local refugee communities through assisting in the development of training and capacity building programs, social and cultural activities, and refugee participation in civic decision making processes as well as in general Israeli life. In early 2007, the ARDC started to work towards a solution to the growing need for accommodation, humanitarian aid , and case management for newly arriving refugees and asylum seekers into Israel. The ARDC began to operate emergency shelters for new arrivals. References primarysources date October 2008 references See also Demographics of Israel History of Israeli nationality Demographic threat Israel External links http ardc israel.org ardc israel.org Category Non governmental organizations based in Israel ...   more details



  1. Refugees As Survivors New Zealand

    Refugees As Survivors New Zealand RASNZ is the charitable humanitarian NGO which is the lead agency for mental health services for all incoming UNHCR quota and convention refugees who enter New Zealand for resettlement ref name hrc Citation last Human Rights Commission title RASNZ url http www.hrc.co.nz home hrc search search.php?q Refugees As Survivors&Submit Go accessdate 2010 07 18 ref . Established in 1997, RASNZ is based at the national refugee reception centre at Mangere in Auckland . Working closely with Immigration New Zealand INZ and other government agencies at the centre, RASNZ provides treatment for traumatised refugees and victims of torture. Initially treatment and support is provided at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre . New Zealand accepts 750 UN refugees per year as part of its international quota resettlement programme ref name moh Citation last Ministry of Health title Refugee Health url http www.moh.govt.nz refugeehealth accessdate 2010 07 18 ref . References Reflist External links http www.rasnz.co.nz RASNZ Category Refugees in New Zealand Category Immigration to New Zealand Category Organisations based in New Zealand ...   more details



  1. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

    The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration PRM is a bureau within the United States Department of State . It has primary responsibility for formulating policies on population, refugees, and migration, and for administering U.S. refugee assistance and admissions programs. The Bureau is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration . The acting Assistant Secretary for the bureau as of December 31, 2007 is http www.state.gov g prm rls 2008 98972.htm Samuel M. Witten . External links http www.state.gov g prm Official Web site http www.cedat.be The CE DAT Complex Emergency Database A database on the human impact of conflicts and other complex emergencies. Managed by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters USDOS agencies Category United States Department of State agencies Category Refugees in the United States Category Human migration Category Population organizations Category Article Feedback 5 US gov stub ...   more details



  1. Degar refugees in Cambodia

    More than 1,000 Degar Montagnard refugees have entered Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri , Cambodia , since 2001, raising issues of Cambodia s international law obligations toward refugees and its right to control its border. ref name protect The government has a policy of deporting Degar refugees to Vietnam , viewing them as illegal immigrants to the country, and has threatened prosecution of Ratanakiri residents who aid them. ref name protect ref name essential ref name montagnards Sidney Jones et al., editors. Repression of Montagnards Conflicts Over Land and Religion in Vietnam s Central Highlands . Human Rights Watch 2002 , http books.google.com books?id oKSIm4CreP8C&printsec frontcover&dq ratanakiri&lr &as brr 3&source gbs summary r&cad 0 PPA44,M1 p44 , http books.google.com books?id oKSIm4CreP8C&pg PA130&sig TKsO7w4iLY62tDChpVcg1cZA0e8 PPA135,M1 135 . ISBN 1564322726. ref Human rights organizations have described this policy as a violation of Cambodia s Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees international law obligation of non refoulement not forcibly returning refugees to a country in which they will be harmed . ref name protect http www.hrw.org press 2002 09 cambodia0925.htm Cambodia Protect Montagnard Refugees Fleeing Vietnam . Human Rights Watch September 25, 2002 . Accessed 2008 05 04. ref ref name new http www.hrw.org backgrounder asia vietnam0105 6.htm New Refugee Flow . Human Rights Watch January 2005 . Accessed 2008 05 04. ref Though the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has become involved processing asylum applications, ref name protect ref name new refugees are often forcibly returned before they are able to apply for asylum. ref name essential ... 2008 . Human Rights Watch 2008 . ISBN 1583227741. ref Many refugees have hidden in Ratanakiri s forests ... 109172081017.htm Vietnam Montagnard refugees say fleeing death . Reuters July 21, 2004 . ref ... Reflist Cambodia stub Category Indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia Category Vietnamese refugees Category ...   more details




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