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    Last updated  19 November 1997
     
     
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    There are, in the world, 34 million people who are refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced from their homes in one way or another.  One of the most valuable ways of helping these people is by creating an awareness of their problems. The World Wide Web is an excellent medium to bring about this awareness. It is full of news and information on this topic, as on practically anything else.   This web page was born out of the research that goes into preparing a weekly article about refugees for a local newspaper. It is an attempt at gathering and organizing news and information about refugees in one WWW site.  
     Dr Tancred Agius 
     
     
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    WESTERN SAHARA: NEW HOPE FOR REFUGEES
    A referendum on the future of Western Sahara, sponsored by the United Nations, is promising to alleviate the sufferings of some 120,000 refugees who have been living in four tent cities in the desert, in the Tindouf border region of southwestern Algeria, for over two decades. 17.11.97 
     
     
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    Bosnia: Dayton will collapse unless refugees return 
    The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that the Bosnian peace agreement could collapse unless refugees are allowed to return to their homes. The agency insists that there could be no lasting peace and stability unless refugees could go back to their homes in areas of Bosnia where they are a minority. 

    Rwanda: New Bishop appeals for tolerace  
    A newly appointed Rwandan Catholic bishop has appealed to his compatriots to change their attitudes towards people who do not belong to their ethnic group. (27.10.97)  
    300,000 new refugees in Colombia  
    In a statement issued on October 1, the human rights organization Amnesty International said that, in the last three years, fighting between different groups in Colombia has forced some 300,000 people to escape from their homes. (24.10,97)  
     

    Bad times for refugees in Moscow 
     This year special festivities were held in Moscow to celebrate the 850th anniversary of the city's foundation. To prepare for these activities, the police were ordered to 'clear' the streets of the many 'undesirable' refugees that have entered the city to escape the many wars that have erupted since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 90's. (21.10.97)  
     
     

    Congo/Zaire: U.N. team investigating massacres withdrawn   
    The United Nations on October 1 decided to withdraw a team sent which it sent to Congo/Zaire to investigate allegations of multiple massacres of refugees committed by President Kabila's troops.  

    Landmines: Treaty endorsed by 100 countries but not United States  
    A draft treaty banning anti-personnel landmines has been agreed upon by representatives of some 100 countries but it was not endorsed by the United States and some of the main mine-producing countries.  
    Sudan: Thousands forced to return from Uganda  
    Thousands of  refugees, who have been living in Uganda after fleeing a 14-year old civil war in south Sudan, are being forced to return home because of atrocities perpetrated by Ugandan rebels allegedly supported by the Sudanese government.   
     
    Bhutanese refugees may be returning home  
    Some 100,000 Bhutanese refugees, who have been living for eight years in refugee camps in Nepal, could be returning home if talks between the two countries end in an agreement.