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Nansen International Office for Refugees
Nansen International Office for Refugees worldwide agency est. 1931 by the League of Nations to work on behalf of refugees. It was named for Fridjof Nansen , head of the League's High Commission for Refugees from 1921 until his death in 1930. Based in Geneva, the Nansen Office aided more than 800,000 displaced persons during its eight-year mandate. The Office also was responsible for the Refugee Convention of 1933, a basic human-rights document for refugees signed by 14 countries. By 1933 the rise of Nazi Germany produced a flood of additional refugees, and the League founded the High Commission for Refugees Coming from Germany, with headquarters in London. The Nansen Office fulfilled its mandate in 1938, and that year it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. After both agencies were dissolved (1938), they were superseded (1939) by the London-based Office of the High Commissioner for All Refugees under League of Nations Protection.
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Refugees: who, where, and why.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...call these people refugees. In 1951, the United Nations defined a refugee as a person who...country's borders, refugees must find shelter...more often in a refugee camp. Refugee camps...patients; most refugees are sick and malnourished...very overcrowded. Refugee camps are not ...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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REFUGEES' RELOCATION TO CNY DELAYED; SECURITY CONCERNS STEMMING FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS DELAY U.S. REFUGEE QUOTA.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 11/6/2001; 700+ words
; ...School District Refugee Family Program...concerned for the refugees because they have...immigration and refugee program. Church World Service places refugees with agencies such...settle 1,500 more refugees nationwide by the...Roberson said. Refugee resettlement agencies...
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REFUGEE INFLOW SLOWS; CNY AGENCIES THAT AID IN RESETTLEMENTS FEEL FUNDING PINCH.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 11/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...because many of the refugees have been lingering in refugee camps for more than...Department halted refugee resettlement. Refugees cleared for departure...process for screening refugees, a spokeswoman said. Refugee admission was also...
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Refugees: Rationing the Right to Life. The Crisis in Emergency Relief.
Magazine article from: Journal of Development Studies; 10/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...the world's refugees appears to worsen...aspects of the refugee experience...protection faced by refugee women, who constitute...the world's refugees, but are frequently...programmes to assist refugees to specifically include refugee women in decision...
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Refugees of the 21st century: environmental injustice.
Magazine article from: Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the Status of Refugees, (2) upon which U.S. refugee law is largely...the Status of Refugees. (6) The proliferation of refugee problems after...those who acquire refugee status; however...to grant such refugees specific rights...
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Refugees contribute to local economy
Magazine article from: The Business Journal - Central New York; 10/21/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Fiscal Impact of Refugee Resettlement in...contributions of refugees exceed the initial...to the Status of Refugees. In 2002, the...its Immigration/Refugee Demonstration Project...MDA assists the refugee program whenever...year, about 700 refugees come to Central...
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Refugees wary of entry limits.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...s commitment to refugees. "The refugee resettlement program...reconsider reducing the refugee quota. Sandy Dean...of Population, Refugees, and Migration...More than 30,000 refugees have received approval...but are stuck in refugee camps, said Lavinia...
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Refugees-(South Asia Declaration calls for protection to refugees).
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 1/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...approaches to refugee problems, and...dealing with refugees," said the...a variety of refugee problems. Nepal is hosting refugees from Bhutan and...a variety of refugee populations...hosting only 18 refugees, but some 800...
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 "The Star (Amman, Jordan)")
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Refugees coerced to return to Iraq.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Amman, Jordan); 12/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...said Bill Frelick, refugee policy director...Rights Watch. "Refugees who are arrested...Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). But...party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and does...of international refugee law," Frelick...estimated 50,000 Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, a relatively...
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Afghan refugees find hope in camps: drought, wars drive Afghans to Pakistan
Magazine article from: Anglican Journal; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...75,000 Afghan refugees that sprawls over...one of about 100 refugee camps in Pakistan...Shamshatoo, an Afghan refugee settlement started...than 15 years ago. Refugees came in waves The...has grown. Afghan refugees make handy scapegoats...being given to the refugee camps. While ...
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Refugees
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...promulgated policies to aid refugees and stateless persons...policies. International Refugee Policies There have always been refugees, but their plight...addressed the Palestinian refugee situation in the...Relief for Palestinian Refugees, later called the...
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Refugee Communities
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that one in...a formal or informal refugee at some point in his...95 percent of all refugees are estimated to come...Nations Convention on Refugees has been ratified by...countries. It defines a refugee as "any person who...
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refugee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...organizations that help refugees. The Rise of International Refugee Organizations Early...some one million refugees. With the end...the International Refugee Organization to...some 9 million refugees. Other major refugee-creating events...
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The Refugee Influx
Book article from: Immigration and Illegal Aliens: Burden or Blessing?
Chapter 4 The Refugee Influx In the October 2006 issue of Refugees , the magazine...22%) of the refugees. WHO IS A REFUGEE? Every year millions...voluntary return of refugees to their homelands...recognized in the Refugee Act of 1980...
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Refugee Policies
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
...the enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980. From 1789...policy and admitted refugees, but they did not label...communism. In admitting refugees, foreign policy has...would be in accepting refugees. Lobbying by particular...also has influenced refugee flows. Finally, Americans...
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