| Afghanistan |
Afghanistan:
Fighting creates new refugees while others are repatriated (Sept
1997)
Afghanistan:
Thousands of new refugees Main
story (Sept 1997)
Tajikistan:
Repatriation proceeding well (Sept
1997) |
| Albania |
Albanian
refugees: work permits from Greece, deportations from Italy
(Sept 1997)
Italy:
deadline for Albanian refugees extended |
| Algeria |
Algeria
:U.N. refugee agency warns against deportation of asylum-seekers
(Sept 1997)
WESTERN
SAHARA: NEW HOPE FOR REFUGEES (Nov
1997) |
| Angola |
Angola:
30,000 new displaced (Sept
1997)
Funding
shortage hits UNHCR'S program (July
1997) |
| Armenia |
Azerbaijan:
Armenian refugees protest against President's visit to U.N. (Sept
1997) |
| Australia |
Australia:
East Timorese refugees spied on and harassed (Sept
1997) |
| Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan:
Armenian refugees protest against President's visit to U.N. (Sept
1997) |
| Bangladesh |
Burmese
refugees in Bangladesh refuse food Main
story (Sept 1997)
Burma:
Bangladesh sends 1,000 refugees back (August
1997) |
| Bhutan |
Bhutanese
refugees may be returning home Main
story (Sept 1997) |
| Bosnia |
Dayton
will collapse unless refugees return (Nov
1997)
A
better chance for refugees? Main
story (August 1997)
Electoral
irregularities complicate matters for refugees
(July 1997) |
| Britain |
Britain:
Asylum seekers with HIV to receive disability allowance (Sept
1997)
Asylum
seekers can look for jobs, says High Court (Sept
1997)
New
inquiry into death of asylum-seeker after arrest (July
1997)
Payments
to single asylum seekers declared unlawful (August
1997)
Arbitrary
detentions (July
1997) |
| Burma |
India:
Chin refugees flee crackdown in Burma (Sept
1997)
Burmese
refugees in Bangladesh refuse food Main
story (Sept 1997)
Burma:
Bangladesh sends 1,000 refugees back (August
1997)
Thailand:Repatriation
Of Burmese Refugees (August
1997) |
| Burundi |
Burundi:
Refugees escaping from Congo/Zaire (Sept
1997)
Burundi:
Hundreds of Hutu killed during in-fighting (Sept
1997)
Burundi:
"Regroupment policy" (August
1997) |
| Cambodia |
Thailand:
20,000 new refugees from Cambodia (Sept
1997)
Thousands
flee Cambodia Main
story (Sept 1997)
Some
refugees return but ..... many more escape! (August
1997) |
| Canada |
Canada:
Hundreds of Gypsies from the Czech Republic (Sept
1997) |
| Central
African Republic |
100,000
flee capital (August
1997) |
| Colombia |
300,000
new refugees in Colombia Oct
1997
Increased
guerrilla activity causes displacement (August
1997)
Rebels release soldiers
(July 1997) |
Congo
(Republic of, ) |
Congo/Brazzaville:
Refugee situation worsening (Sept
1997)
Congo
(Brazzaville): Thousands of new refugees (Sept
1997)
Fighting in 'old' Congo
creates new refugees (July
1997) |
| Czech
Republic |
Canada:
Hundreds of Gypsies from the Czech Republic (Sept
1997) |
| East
Timor |
Australia:
East Timorese refugees spied on and harassed (Sept
1997) |
European
Union |
Worrying
signs from Europe Main
story (August 1997)
An
attempt at greater harmonisation (July
1997) |
| France |
France
may modify immigration laws (Sept
1997) |
| Georgia |
Georgia:
a peaceful end for the plight of refugees from Abkhazia? (Sept
1997) |
| Germany |
Dayton
will collapse unless refugees return (Nov
1997) |
| Greece |
Albanian
refugees: work permits from Greece, deportations from Italy
(Sept 1997)
Greece:
300 refugees abandoned (Sept
1997) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemalan
refugees returning home Main
story (August 1997) |
| Holland |
Holland:
Iranian refugees on hunger strike (Sept
1997) |
| Hong
Kong |
Hong
Kong: 400 'boat people' abandoned (Sept
1997)
Hong
Kong: Aid agencies condemn repatriation of refugees with health problems
(Sept 1997)
Vietnam
refugees in Hong Kong get U.S. visas (July
1997)
The last
boat people leave Hong Kong Main
story (July
1997) |
| India |
Bhutanese
refugees may be returning home Main
story (Sept 1997)
India:
Chin refugees flee crackdown in Burma (Sept
1997) |
| Indonesia |
Australia:
East Timorese refugees spied on and harassed (Sept
1997) |
| Iran |
Holland:
Iranian refugees on hunger strike (Sept
1997) |
| Iraq |
Saudi
Arabia: Iraqi refugees re-settled (Sept
1997) |
| Italy |
Albanian
refugees: work permits from Greece, deportations from Italy
(Sept 1997)
Italy:
deadline for Albanian refugees extended (Sept
1997) |
| Kenya |
Kenya:
President wants refugees removed (Sept
1997)
Forced
repatriation only a matter of time (August
1997) |
| Kurdistan |
Greece:
300 refugees abandoned (Sept
1997) |
| Landmines |
Landmines:
Treaty endorsed by 100 countries but not United States
Main story (Sept
1997)
Landmines:
US to join Ottawa process, but with conditions (Sept
1997)
Landmines:
2,000 people are now killed every month, says Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention report (Sept
1997)
Landmines:
Unexpected success at conference (August
1997)
US
Congress wants ban on landmines (July
1997) |
| Liberia |
Liberia:
Massive repatriation under way (Sept
1997)
Sierra
Leone: Refugees Flood Liberian Border Towns
(Sept 1997) |
| Morocco |
WESTERN
SAHARA: NEW HOPE FOR REFUGEES (Nov
1997) |
| Nepal |
Bhutanese
refugees may be returning home Main
story (Sept 1997) |
| Palestine |
Palestinian
refugees: cuts cancelled (Sept
1997)
Palestinian refugees
on hunger strike Main
story (Sept 1997)
Funding
problems for refugee agency Main
story (July 1997) |
Russian
Federation |
Bad
times for refugees in Moscow Main
story (Oct 1997)
Russia:
Moscow's treatment of refugees criticized (Sept
1997)
Frequent
attacks on returning Ingush refugees (August
1997) |
| Rwanda |
Rwanda:
New Bishop appeals for tolerance Main
story (Oct 1997)
Rwanda:
Could the U.N. have prevented the 1994 genocide?(Sept
1997)
More
massacres in Rwanda Main
story (Sept 1997)
Rwanda:
present troubles have roots in colonial times Main
story (July 1997) |
| Saudi
Arabia |
Saudi
Arabia: Iraqi refugees re-settled (Sept
1997) |
| Sierra
Leone |
Sierra
Leone: Refugees Flood Liberian Border Towns
(Sept 1997)
Sierra
Leone: 40,000 internally displaced (August
1997)
Coup
creates many new refugees (July
1997) |
| South
Africa |
Refugee
from Burundi dies at Home Affairs Office (August
1997) |
| Sudan |
Sudan:
Thousands forced to return from Uganda Main
story (Sept 1997) |
| Tajikistan |
Tajikistan:
An uncertain future for returning refugees (Sept
1997)
Tajikistan:
Repatriation proceeding well (Sept
1997)
Refugees
to return after Tajik peace accord (August
1997) |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania:
600 Congolese refugees repatriated (Sept
1997)
Tanzania:
'Stray' refugees to be rounded up (Sept
1997)
Tanzania:
100,000 refugees from Zaire/Congo (August
1997) |
| Thailand |
Thailand:
20,000 new refugees from Cambodia (Sept
1997)
Thousands
flee Cambodia Main
story (Sept 1997)
Repatriation
Of Burmese Refugees (August
1997) |
| Uganda |
Sudan:
Thousands forced to return from Uganda Main
story (Sept 1997) |
| Ukraine |
Ukraine:
UNHCR concerned about Tatars (Sept
1997) |
| USA |
Landmines:
Treaty endorsed by 100 countries but not United States
Main story (Sept
1997)
USA:
Central American refugees may obtain legal status (Sept
1997)
U.S.A.:
Less refugees entering (Sept
1997)
Landmines:
US to join Ottawa process, but with conditions (Sept
1997)
Deportation
law to be reviewed (August
1997)
US
Congress wants ban on landmines (July
1997)
New
law still causing uncertainty (July
1997) |
| Vietnam |
Hong
Kong: 400 'boat people' abandoned (Sept
1997)
Hong
Kong: Aid agencies condemn repatriation of refugees with health problems
(Sept 1997)
Vietnam
refugees in Hong Kong get U.S. visas (July
1997)
The last
boat people leave Hong Kong Main
story (July
1997) |
| Western
Sahara |
WESTERN
SAHARA: NEW HOPE FOR REFUGEES (Nov
1997) |
Zaire
(Democratic
Republic of Congo) |
Congo/Zaire:
U.N. team investigating massacres withdrawn Main
story (October 1997)
Tanzania:
600 Congolese refugees repatriated (Sept
1997)
Burundi:
Refugees escaping from Congo/Zaire (Sept
1997)
Zaire:
134 massacres reported Main
story (Sept 1997)
Congo/Zaire:
Aid official accuses Kabila troops of massacres (August
1997)
Tanzania:
100,000 refugees from Zaire/Congo (August
1997)
Massacres of refugees coming
to light in Zaire/Congo Main
story (July
1997) |