Jennifer Pagonis
Jennifer Pagonis
badly died injured medical receiving
Some of them were badly injured and are receiving medical assistance. One asylum-seeker died of wounds,
agencies forced ground local move region safer search staff telling throughout withdraw
Local Chadian residents throughout the region are now telling our staff on the ground that they are very frightened, and that if humanitarian agencies were ever forced to withdraw from the area, they too would have to move in search of a safer haven.
camps character refugee sure
We would like to be sure that the humanitarian character of the refugee camps is respected.
certainly cooperation good hope
We certainly hope that good cooperation (over refugees) will continue.
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She takes her work for us extremely seriously and that means a lot to her and the staff. She's a terrific goodwill ambassador who can help people understand the difficult life of a refugee.
areas capacity far great lack limited people
Some areas need to be de-mined and there is a great lack of infrastructure. So far there is only limited capacity to take people back.
average border crossed growing numbers rate since start year
Some 3,500 Burundians have crossed the border since the start of the year and the numbers keep growing at an average rate of 100 new arrivals a day.
baghdad community death families heard received shock state threats written
On Thursday, we heard from the Palestinian community in Baghdad that reportedly over 100 families had received written death threats and that many are in a state of shock and panic.
affecting neighbors
They said the killings, disappearances, and hostage-taking affecting their families, neighbors and friends had become intolerable.
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This is even more worrying in the absence of any clear indications as to what might be the nature of the envisaged offshore processing arrangement. If it is not one that meets the same high standards Australia sets for its own processes, this could be tantamount to penalizing for illegal entry.
country move opening people quite since
This is not the opening of the floodgates, but it is a start. It is quite a significant move since some of these people have been out of their country for 20 years.
children feeling security stopped taken work
They are feeling increasingly trapped, and for security reasons, many have stopped going to work and have taken their children out of school.
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There are visible cases of malnutrition among the new arrivals. A toddler died last week on arrival suffering from dehydration and three young children died in January from acute respiratory infection.
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This really is a race against time and the weather. If we lose, people are going to suffer even more.