Migration

An Iraqi Exodus

Out of Money and Options in Egypt, Some Refugees Are Heading Home Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, September 7, 2008; Page A17 Iraqi refugee Jenan Adnan Abdel-Jabbar arrived for the Iraqi government's free airlift...

Improved security causes Iraqis to leave

More than 1,000 Iraqi refugees in Egypt have returned home since Aug. 11, when Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki began sending his state jet to fetch them. Iraq will expand its no-cost return program to Jordan this...

Young Indo-Canadians research historical journeys in India

With a growing desire among young second generation Indians abroad to explore historical events that had a deep impact on the diaspora, two young Indo-Canadians have sifted through archival material in Delhi over several...

Plight of refugees in Musina under the spotlight

Police in Musina say the plight of refugees there has reached crisis proportions Police in Musina say the plight of refugees in the town on the border with Zimbabwe has reached crisis proportions. Hundreds of foreigners...

Vietnamese Christian Escapes, Returned by UN

Y Hning, an ethnic Degar or Montagnard, sought safety in a UN refugee camp; now he is under house arrest and cannot even go to work in his fields. SPARTANBURG (AsiaNews) – Persecuted on ethnic and religious grounds, Y...

Iran, UNHCR review expansion of mutual, int'l cooperation

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres conferred on Saturday with Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on issues of mutual interests. According...

U.S. deserter feared torture orders

Peter Jemley fled the U.S. military after concluding his training was leading him to a possible torture role. Sept. 3, 2008 National Security Reporter Peter Jemley is unique among the growing ranks of war resisters who...

O'Reilly vs. Navarrette on Immigration Debate

Bill O’Reilly had read, and agreed with, a recent column I’d written supporting the recent wave of immigration raids at meatpacking plants. We also agreed on how wacky it is for cities to have “sanctuary” policies that...

Now Sudan Is Attacking Refugee Camps

By MIA FARROW and ERIC REEVES At 6 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 25, Kalma camp, home to 90,000 displaced Darfuris, was surrounded by Sudanese government forces. Military vehicles have now increased in number and massed...

Older Vietnamese Americans Suffer Higher Rate of Mental Health Problems

My-Thuan Tran, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2008 Vietnamese Americans who came to the United States as political refugees are suffering from higher rates of mental health problems than non-Latino whites, an indication...