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| The Calais ‘Jungle’
France has said it intends to close the camp in Calais known as 'The Jungle', where migrants gather to try to reach the UK. William Spindler of the UNHCR, Sir Andrew Green of Migration Watch UK and Donna Covey, chief executive of the Refugee Council, discuss the move by the French government.
Presented by John Humphrys, BBC Radio 4, Today.
Broadcast on 19 September 2009, 07:00
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| Huge Humanitarian Operation Under Way in Sri Lanka.
The U.N. refugee agency and its partners are mounting a huge humanitarian operation to help more than 170,000 internally displaced people in Sri Lanka.
By Lisa Schlein, VOA News, Geneva
01 May 2009
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| UNHCR Gains Access to Buffer Zone in Georgia
The U.N. refugee agency says it finally has succeeded in entering the so-called "buffer zone" north of the town of Gori in Georgia.
By Lisa Schlein, VOA News, Geneva
17 September 2008
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| World Refugee Day
Friday is World Refugee Day. The UN refugee agency says there are nearly 11 and a half million refugees around the world and 26 million internally displaced people.
By Joe DeCapua, VOA News
Washington
20 June 2008
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