http://www.mail.com/subjects/16276-political-refugees.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16276-political-refugees.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161106-un-452-refugees-displaced-people.html GENEVA (AP) — The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday. Those are the highest numbers since 1994, when people fled genocide in Rwanda and bloodshed in former Yugoslavia. ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:29:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161106-un-452-refugees-displaced-people.html 2013-06-19T10:29:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2160372-ap-exclusive-us-war-games-send-signal-to-assad.html ZARQA, Jordan (AP) — Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria. With the recent deployment of Patriot missiles near the Syrian border, and the mock Syrian accents of those playing ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2160372-ap-exclusive-us-war-games-send-signal-to-assad.html 2013-06-18T21:25:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2156760-canada-to-provide-984-aid-to-jordan.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in Syria, its foreign affairs minister said in a statement Monday. The pledge followed a visit by John Baird, who held talks on Syria's two-year civil war with his Jordanian counterpart, Na... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:35:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2156760-canada-to-provide-984-aid-to-jordan.html 2013-06-17T11:35:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2152628-report-73-syrian-officers-families-cross-border.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — As many as 73 Syrian military officers — including seven generals and 20 colonels — have crossed the border with their families "seeking refuge" in Turkey, the country's state-run news agency reported Friday. The Anadolu Agency said the group — totaling 202 people — arrived in the border town of Reyhanli and were taken to a Turkish r... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:54:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2152628-report-73-syrian-officers-families-cross-border.html 2013-06-14T17:54:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2151364-apnewsbreak-nsa-leaker-snowden-welcome-uk.html LONDON (AP) — The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom. A travel alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, said carriers should deny Snowden boarding because "the individual is highly likely to be ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:23:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2151364-apnewsbreak-nsa-leaker-snowden-welcome-uk.html 2013-06-14T16:23:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2149938-gaza-suffers-drop-foreign-aid-syrian-war.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus — a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip. The conflict in Syria, some 300 kilometers (190 miles) away, is incre... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:04:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2149938-gaza-suffers-drop-foreign-aid-syrian-war.html 2013-06-13T18:04:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145188-immigration-green-cards-citizenship.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of gridlock, this may be the moment when Congress at last does something about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. All eyes are on a more than 1,000-page Senate proposal with the you-said-a-mouthful title of the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013." The bill cle... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145188-immigration-green-cards-citizenship.html 2013-06-12T07:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143660-un-seeks-to-resettle-thousands-syrian-refugees.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it's in talks for the U.S., Germany and several other European countries to take in thousands of Syrian refugees. Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says U.N. and government officials are discussing the temporary resettlement of about 10,000 of the 1.6 million registered refugees from Syria's civil war. Edwards told... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:25:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143660-un-seeks-to-resettle-thousands-syrian-refugees.html 2013-06-11T12:25:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136440-un-syria-refugees-reach-35m-this-year.html BERLIN (AP) — The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries could more than double to 3.5 million by the end of the year, the United Nations said Friday as the global body launched its biggest humanitarian appeal ever. The U.N. asked donor countries for $5.2 billion to help alleviate the suffering of millions of people inside and outside Syria wh... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:22:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136440-un-syria-refugees-reach-35m-this-year.html 2013-06-07T13:22:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2125592-israel-to-send-african-migrants-to-third-country.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a plan that has elicited criticism over its potential harm to the migrants. The plan, if implemented, is an attempt to address one of Israel's more pressing issues: what to do with an influx of r... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2125592-israel-to-send-african-migrants-to-third-country.html 2013-06-03T20:20:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2121310-than-23k-refugees-flee-south-sudan-conflict.html JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — More than 23,500 people have fled fighting in South Sudan's Jonglei state and sought refuge in neighboring countries of Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, a U.N. official said Friday. Tim Irwin, a spokesman in South Sudan for the U.N.'s refugee agency, said majority of the refugees were fleeing to Ethiopia. Since the beginning of May abo... Fri, 31 May 2013 16:57:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2121310-than-23k-refugees-flee-south-sudan-conflict.html 2013-05-31T16:57:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2116446-un-judge-rules-long-running-investigators-case.html GENEVA (AP) — After nine years of legal wrangling, former U.N. investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes has won a judgment that she was unfairly punished for documenting a woman's rape case in Sri Lanka a decade ago. Hunt-Matthes told The Associated Press on Wednesday the long-running case is "a consummate story of abuse of power" by U.N.'s oversight unit. The ... Wed, 29 May 2013 18:32:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2116446-un-judge-rules-long-running-investigators-case.html 2013-05-29T18:32:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115960-kenya-police-accused-abusing-somali-refugees.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police abused and extorted money from Somali refugees after attacks in the capital believed to have been carried out by the Somali militant group al-Shabab, an international human rights group said Wednesday. The Human Rights Watch report, covering mid-November to late January, also said that police arbitrarily arrested more t... Wed, 29 May 2013 14:31:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115960-kenya-police-accused-abusing-somali-refugees.html 2013-05-29T14:31:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115854-jordan-60000-syrian-refugees-return.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian official says nearly 60,000 Syrian refugees have left the kingdom to go back home, some to fight President Bashar Assad's regime and others because living conditions in their camp became too difficult. The return came as Jordan's resources to cope with the influx of Syrian refugees increasingly dwindled. Jordan hosts over ... Wed, 29 May 2013 10:14:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115854-jordan-60000-syrian-refugees-return.html 2013-05-29T10:14:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105162-ap-interview-syria-conflict-uproots-palestinians.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday. The Palestinians in Syria are particularly vulnerable because of their refugee ... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105162-ap-interview-syria-conflict-uproots-palestinians.html 2013-05-23T14:52:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100318-un-drop-syrians-reaching-jordan-unclear-why.html GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why. Millions of people have been displaced in Syria as the civil war there has engulfed large areas, and Jordan has become a main refuge for Syrians ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:09:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100318-un-drop-syrians-reaching-jordan-unclear-why.html 2013-05-21T21:09:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092554-idaho-man-charged-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country. But federal officials say in an indictment that Fazliddin Kurbanov also was teaching people to build bombs that would target public t... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092554-idaho-man-charged-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html 2013-05-17T22:14:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:49:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079898-turkey-wont-drawn-syria-conflict.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria. The bombings left 46 people dead and marked the biggest incident of violence across the border since the star... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079898-turkey-wont-drawn-syria-conflict.html 2013-05-12T16:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079820-refugees-face-uncertain-future-myanmar-opens.html MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) — Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand. School, family, friends, shoppin... Sun, 12 May 2013 05:21:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079820-refugees-face-uncertain-future-myanmar-opens.html 2013-05-12T05:21:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078718-syria-linked-group-blamed-turkey-blasts-43-die.html REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and a deputy prime minister called the neighboring country's intelligence service and military "the usual suspects." ... Sat, 11 May 2013 20:23:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078718-syria-linked-group-blamed-turkey-blasts-43-die.html 2013-05-11T20:23:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073448-40-years-on-fleeing-vietnamese-take-to-seas.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country's Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again. This year alone, 460 Vietnamese men, women and children have arrived on Australian shores — more than in the last five years combined. The unexpected spike is drawing fresh scrutiny of... Thu, 09 May 2013 12:42:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073448-40-years-on-fleeing-vietnamese-take-to-seas.html 2013-05-09T12:42:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071750-ivory-coast-gbagbo-fighters-to-return-togo.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — About 200 fighters loyal to former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will be repatriated from Togo after two years of exile following their country's 2010-11 postelection conflict, government spokesman Bruno Kone said. Kone said the fighters include members of Gbagbo's Defense and Security Forces army and pro-Gbagbo militiam... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:03:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071750-ivory-coast-gbagbo-fighters-to-return-togo.html 2013-05-08T17:03:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2071458-apnewsbreak-us-to-provide-100m-syria-aid.html ROME (AP) — The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. The announcement will be made by Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday in Rome, where his diplomacy includes a meeting with Jordan's fore... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:43:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2071458-apnewsbreak-us-to-provide-100m-syria-aid.html 2013-05-08T15:43:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071170-fearing-m23-hundreds-congolese-flee-to-uganda.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Uganda says hundreds of Congolese are fleeing into Uganda to avoid being forcibly conscripted into the ranks of the rebel group M23. Lucy Beck of UNHCR said Wednesday that more than 250 Congolese villagers crossed into Uganda on Tuesday alone, joining at least 1,000 more who fle... Wed, 08 May 2013 12:43:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071170-fearing-m23-hundreds-congolese-flee-to-uganda.html 2013-05-08T12:43:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069516-syrian-women-birth-exile-refugee-camp.html ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — In a tent hospital bed, a Syrian woman who was four months pregnant when she fled her country's civil war cradles one of the newest residents of this dust-swept refugee camp: Her newborn son, just delivered by cesarean. Around a dozen babies are born every day in Zaatari camp, which is home to 120,000 Syrians and counting — and ther... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:11:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069516-syrian-women-birth-exile-refugee-camp.html 2013-05-07T20:11:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053234-jordan-than-45000-refugees-return-to-syria.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan says that more 45,000 refugees in its territory who fled Syria's civil war have chosen to return since last August. Col. Zaher Abu Shihab, who directs Jordan's largest refugee camp at Zaatari near the two countries' border, says 45,865 Syrian refugees have so far been voluntarily repatriated. Some refugees have complained of th... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:21:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053234-jordan-than-45000-refugees-return-to-syria.html 2013-04-30T11:21:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043336-syrian-troops-capture-key-town-damascus.html BEIRUT (AP) — After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime, state media and activists said Thursday. By taking the town of Otaybah, east of the capital, the army dealt a major setback to opposition forces that in recent months... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043336-syrian-troops-capture-key-town-damascus.html 2013-04-25T21:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037572-us-to-press-china-repatriation-nkoreans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea, a U.S. human rights envoy said Monday. He likened the North's vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Robert King is among U.S. officials meeting in Washington this week with China's envoy on Korean affairs, Wu Dawei. The O... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:53:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037572-us-to-press-china-repatriation-nkoreans.html 2013-04-22T22:53:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030778-hutu-refugees-fear-forced-return-to-rwanda.html NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Leodegard Kagaba lifted his shirt to reveal an ugly scar on his belly left by a bullet that nearly killed him. Tutsi neighbors in Rwanda, he said, attacked him after accusing him of participating in the 1994 genocide. "I have many scars, even in my heart," he said. "The people who put those scars on me still live freely in Rwanda."... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:54:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030778-hutu-refugees-fear-forced-return-to-rwanda.html 2013-04-19T15:54:53Z