Ron Redmond
Ron Redmond
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Returnees themselves play a leading role in the repair works, and the projects help provide them with much-needed jobs.
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Since last Friday, UNHCR has appealed to the Uzbek authorities to be given access to the returned Uzbeks, but this has so far not been given.
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She pledged that her government would work with UNHCR and other partners to reintegrate them into their communities, to identify employment opportunities, and to help them obtain those basic services that will enable them to resume a normal life. Her filmed message will be part of a UNHCR mass information campaign for some 190,000 Liberian refugees who are still scattered across West Africa.
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Old women are now being shot through the doors of their apartments -- including two women in their 70s within the past week.
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So now we've got refugees going in both directions in this increasingly volatile region.
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After more than a quarter of a century of misrule, much still remains to be done to rebuild the country. Overall, the conditions are in place for refugees to return to their country in safety and dignity.
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Despite these efforts, people will inevitably try to stay warm with candles and stoves in their tents, increasing the risk of tent fires. We're working with the authorities to find safe ways to provide heating in camps.
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We have not had access to them and we believe that some of them would be refugees. That will be on the agenda.
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We hope their unprecedented mission to this neglected region will help re-focus international attention on the suffering of millions of refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees.
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If more resources and significant resources are not announced immediately, we will not be able to make the further essential programs and commitments to assist refugees.
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Conditions for those who remain have noticeably worsened over the last few weeks, with increasingly violent attacks on the rise.
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It's important that there be an ongoing conversation and dialogue about it. When people are talking with each other, things work out.
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At this stage it is not entirely clear who is responsible for this recruitment. But we can say that some of the refugees who were recruited have since returned to the camps.
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The libraries will include the latest nursing/health information and provide training to better meet refugee health needs.