Saturday, 18 October 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (18/10/08)

Migrant numbers 'must be reduced' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe rivals appeal for help (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands attend Haider funeral (BBC News) - [text online]

Food aid reaches Sri Lanka north (BBC News) - [text online]

Colombia: Rate of new displacement highest in two decades (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Young asylum seekers 'traumatised by treatment' (Wales Online) - [text online]

Immigration minister calls for cap on newcomers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Born everywhere, raised in Britain (The Guardian) - [text online]

First half asylum statistics for industrialized countries (UNHCR) - [text online]

Christian Iraqis displaced from Mosul (UNHCR) - [text online]

Georgia: Massive returns to buffer zone (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombian tribespeople flee to Amazon town for safety (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Meeting the needs of refugees arriving in Yemen by boat (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraqis still at the top of the asylum seeker table, despite drop (UNHCR) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Halt Effort to Deport Syrian at Risk of Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Halt Effort to Deport Syrian at Risk of Torture (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Ban unveils senior peacekeeping appointments to Liberia, India and Pakistan (UN News) - [text online]

Ongoing violence uproots another 5,500 people from Somali capital, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqis leading the way in growing numbers of asylum-seekers, says UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

UN voices concern at displacement of over 9,000 Iraqi Christians from Mosul (UN News) - [text online]

Over 20,000 displaced Georgians return to villages in buffer zone – UN (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Clan clashes add to plight of displaced in northeast
(IRIN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA : Cross-border FGM on the rise
(IRIN News) - [text online]

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