UN refugee chief seeking help from the Gulf nations
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The head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sedaka Ogata, has asked Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations to help finance the costs of resettling 35,000 Iraqi refugees, which includes ex-soldiers and political asylum seekers who cannot return to their country in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war. The refugees will be resettled in Iran and other Arab countries. About two million refugees from Africa, Cambodia, El Salvador and Afghanistan who fled disasters such as drought, famine and wars, will be repatriated by the UNHCR as the situations in their countries start to improve.
Publication Name: Migration World Magazine
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1058-5095
Year: 1992
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Refugee Data Center: paving the road to resettlement
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The Refugee Data Center (RDC) was created to match refugees with an appropriate voluntary agency and to record statistical data regarding them. A refugee's biographical data is sent to the US, and a match will be made before they arrive in the US. In 1990, 118,935 cases were processed by RDC. The RDC is under the administration of the International Catholic Migration Commission in Geneva. The US State Department also provides funding and program assistance.
Publication Name: Migration World Magazine
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1058-5095
Year: 1992
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Refugee assistance needs
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The US Catholic Conference presents the different programs for different refugee groups and the corresponding amount needed for these programs. These include expanding refugee processing services for Haitians, assistance in the repatriation needs of Cambodians and the protection of women and children. Past efforts of various organizations are acknowledged and commended. The government is also urged to increase funding for FY 1993.
Publication Name: Migration World Magazine
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1058-5095
Year: 1992
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