Archive for 'refugees'
Yeah for the military
I just saw a report on CBS news’ Sunday morning (the best-written news show on TV, incidentally) that said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had arrived in Port-au-Prince and asked Gen. Douglas Fraser, the commander of the US operation in Haiti, why supplies and personnel couldn’t be parachuted, or air dropped, into needy areas. Others also [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2010 under Disaster aid, Foreign policy, NGOs, United Nations, humanitarian, refugees.
Tags: earthquake, emergency, Haiti, relief
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Iraqi refugees
This just in - in the last couple of minutes - from Refugees International.
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2009Contact:
Vanessa Parra; +1-202-540-7025
Vanessa@refugeesinternational.org
Congressional Testimony Warns Greater Attention to Displaced Iraqis Needed to Stabilize Iraq
Washington, D.C. -As security in Iraq improves, refugees and internally displaced Iraqis are starting to return home, but the returns are slow and [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2009 under Foreign policy, Iraq, NGOs, human rights, humanitarian, refugees.
Tags: internally displaced people, refugees, Refugees International, United Nations, US Congress
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