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Access to healthcare for refused asylum seekers
The Government is currently considering charging refused asylum seekers and undocumented migrants for NHS primary health care, effectively denying...
Full Name: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul
Head of State: Hamid Karzai
Population: 27.1 million (UN, 2007)
Ethnic Groups: Afghanistan's ethnically and linguistically mixed...
April
News Roundup – 25/04/08
Saved from Child Traffickers, but not for long
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/23/child.traffickers
Research punctures myth that new arrivals jump housing...
Arabic is the official language in 25 countries including some common refugee countries of origin such as Algeria, Eritrea, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan. The Arabic language has many dialects which vary...
The following publications may be of interest to you, as they give information on; or an insight into refugee and asylum experiences.
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Human Cargo: A Journey Among...
Full name: The People’s Republic of China
Head of state: Hu Jintao
Head of government: Wen Jiabao
Population: 1.3 billion (est.)
Ethnic composition: Han Chinese (93%) – there are a further 55...
Continuing Conflicts that create Refugees February 2008
Information in this bulletin from International Crisis Group
Twelve actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in...
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The UNHCR Bird's Eye view of a refugee's world
http://www.unhcr.org/events/47f48dc92.html
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Still Human Still Here
Access to primary healthcare for asylum seekers
Living Ghosts
This page seeks to inform RefugeeMap users of emerging and ongoing issues of concern for people seeking asylum, which are the direct result of current asylum policy. This information could be used...
Full name: The State of Eritrea
Capital: Asmara
Head of State: Isaias Afewerki
Population: 4.9 million (UN, 2007)
Ethnic Groups: Tigrinya , Tigre and Kunama , Afar , Saho (Red Sea coast...
News Roundup 28/02/08
Government to introduce new citizenship...
French is the official language in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ivory Coast, Burundi and Rwanda.
It is also the unofficial second language of a number of countries including Morocco,...
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The top ten countries of origin for UK asylum seekers are:
Iran
No. of Refugees fleeing the country: 31,900 (WFS 2006)
Applications for Asylum in the UK: 4,770
Eritrea
No. of Refugees fleeing the...
Full name: Islamic Republic of Iran
Capital:Tehran
Head of State:Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Population: 71.2 million (UN, 2007)
Ethnic Groups: Persian, Azeri, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Kurd, Arab, Lur,...
Full name: Republic of Iraq
Capital:Baghdad
Head of State:Jalal Talabani
Population: 29 million (UN, 2007)
Ethnic Groups: Persian, Azeri, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Kurd, Arab, Lur, Baloch,...
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News Roundup – 30/03/08
Asylum seekers tell their stories
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7314708.stm
Asylum system ‘shameful’ for the UK, and ‘marred by...
In this section you will find useful phrases in common refugee languages, which may be useful when working with refugees.
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Full Name: The Federal Republic of Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
Head of State: Umaru Yar'Adua
Population: 148 Million (UN 2007)
Ethnic Makeup: Nigeria has more than 250 ethnic groups, with varying...
Full name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Capital: Karachi
Head of State:Pervez Musharraf
Population: 163.9 million (UN, 2007)
Ethnic Groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir...
Punjabi
Punjabi is one of the official languages of India with 30 million native speakers and is spoken by large numbers of people in Pakistan, (around 80 million native speakers) although it has...
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The following is a roundup of refugee and asylum stories in the UK Media. For international news stories, a good source is the UNHCR news and media page
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The following information is intended to give you a basic idea of the current policy and legal situation of refugees in the UK.
What's the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker in UK...
Locked up for being a teenage refugee
Natasha Walter on the shocking story of Meltem Avcil
I first met Meltem Avcil four months ago. It was a dull day when I visited Yarl's Wood, the detention...
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Somali is the official language of Somalia and is spoken by the vast majority of the seven million inhabitants of Somalia, but also by over one million people in Ethiopia and about 300,000 in...
Full Name: The Somali Republic
Head of State: The President is Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Nur Hassan Hussein the Prime Minister
Population: Approximately 9 million
Major Religions: Islam. The...
The Still Human Still Here campaign is dedicated to highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of refused asylum seekers who are being forced into abject poverty in an attempt to drive them out...
Full name: Republic of Sudan
Head of State: Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
Population: 38. 6 Million (UN 2007)
Ethnic composition: Sudan has 597 tribes that speak over 400 different dialects. There...
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Urdu, an Indo-European language, is an official language in Pakistan, India and Fiji and has between 60 and 80 million native speakers. India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have the largest numbers of...
Below is a list of websites that do not provide volunteering opportunities but provide useful resources for those working with refugees.
Refugee Studies Centre
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
The RSC...
Volunteering can take many forms, but whatever you do you are guaranteed to have an amazing experience.
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Full Name: The Republic of Zimbabwe
Head of State: Robert Mugabe has been the President since 1988, and was Prime Minister for 8 years previously.
Population: Approximately 13 million
Major...