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August 2011

World Humanitarian Day: People helping people

World Humanitarian Day: People helping people Humanitarian aid workers around the world honour the sacrifice and devotion to duty that mark their work on behalf of the world’s neediest people. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency Ethiopia In Ethiopia, UNHCR has deployed an emergency team to the Gode area, some 250 kilometres north of the […]

Latest Refugee Camp News

Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp Unable to Accomodate the Growing Need But even at Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee settlement comprised of three separate camps and now home to almost 400000 Somalis, there is not enough space or supplies to meet the growing demand. People wait with bags in a food queue at the. … Read […]

Gillard’s big Malaysia hope

Gillard’s big Malaysia hope Australia will now start swapping the first 800 asylum seekers arriving by boat for 4000 people already approved as refugees and awaiting resettlement in Malaysia. The proof of how well this works is yet to unfold. But Australians must also ask the … Read more on Sydney Morning Herald Danny Westneat […]

UNHCR distributes pioneering smart ID cards to refugees in India

The new ID cards have an electronic chip that contains information about the holder, including biographical details. Some 18,000 will be distributed. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR addresses “alarming” level of child mortality in Ethiopian camp About 10 children under five have been dying every day in Kobe camp since June. Malnutrition is […]

Latest Refugee Camp News

new10 ways Canadian aid money is being spent in East Africa Care Canada: $ 3.75 million to reach severely malnourished children under five and pregnant or lactating women, including in the Dadaab refugee camp. Also providing drinking water and physical security for the camp. Action Contre La Faim: $ 2.35 million … Read more on […]

BCFS expands to Phoenix with new international children’s office

BCFS expands to Phoenix with new international children’s office BCFS is a contractor for the US Department of Health and Human Services — Office of Refugee Resettlement. The government program works to provide safe and stable homes for international youth who have been granted permission to stay with family or … Read more on Bizjournals.com […]

Aiding Somali Herders a Factor in Fighting Famine

Aiding Somali Herders a Factor in Fighting Famine Dobley is often the last stop for displaced Somalis travelling to the sprawling refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya. Families often pause in Dobley, taking a few days to recover for the final push into Kenya. But with no permanent international humanitarian … Read more on Voice of […]

UNHCR readies for transfer of Somali refugees to new camp areas

Tents and infrastructure put in place at the Kambioos camp in Kenya as UNHCR moves more Somali refugees into another section of Dadaab. UNHCR | The UN Refugee Agency

Latest Refugee Resettlement News

Nativity will bless backpacks this Sunday; continues new schedule Families also have been asked to bring filled backpacks to be contributed to Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta, which provides them to needy school-age immigrant children in the area. Nativity, which began having a single service … Read more on The Citizen.com Former Burmese […]

Australia and Malaysia sign ‘refugee’ deal

Australia and Malaysia sign ‘refugee‘ deal Human Rights Watch slams agreement to send 800 asylum seekers in Australia to Malaysia in exchange for 4000 refugees. Australia and Malaysia have signed a deal to send 800 asylum seekers in Australia to Malaysia in exchange for the resettlement of 4000 … Read more on Aljazeera.net Helping Hand […]