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	Refugee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu fashion, and designed to meet basic human needs for a short time, when civil war or other problems prevent the return of refugees, or children essentially grow up in the camps, a humanitarian crisis can result.
		The refugee camps soon came to be controlled by the former government and Hutu militants who used the camps as bases to launch attacks against the new government in Rwanda.
		The refugee situation and the presence of numerous refugee camps continues to be a point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Refugee (3622 words)

	Refugee Women
		Refugees are required to have a full physical examination within the first year of their residency in the United States.
		Refugee children generally are the first in their families to adjust to the major changes of relocation and resettlement.
		Many refugee women have lived in close proximity to their extended family for their entire life, and it is thus difficult to live in different country and without access to family support.
	www3.baylor.edu /~Charles_Kemp/refugee_women.htm (5020 words)

	PROMISES BROKEN: Refugee Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Refugee children who are not being cared for by their parents are entitled to further protections.
		Refugee children fleeing war are also entitled to special protection under article 38 of the convention, as children affected by armed conflict.
		Refugee children who live in dangerously located camps, frequently short distances from the border of their home country with a civil war just on the other side, are also vulnerable to cross-border armed raids, which can result in murder, mutilation, and abduction.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/crp/promises/refugees.html (931 words)

	Refugee Services: General Information
		Refugee Services became a program of the Minnesota Council of Churches in 1982, and is a part of the network for two national resettlement agencies, Church World Service and Episcopal Migration Ministries.
		Refugee Services works under a contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the United States Immigration and Nationalization Service to provide specified services to refugees who are admitted into this country.
		The Refugee Services program of the Minnesota Council of Churches has developed and is sponsoring an on-line guide for new immigrants to the Twin Cities and the US in general.
	www.mnchurches.org /refugees (416 words)

	How Do I Apply for Derivative Refugee Status for My Spouse or Children? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		You may apply for derivative refugee benefits for your spouse or unmarried child under the age of 21 within two years of your admission to the United States as a principal refugee or by February 28, 2000, whichever is later.
		You may apply for derivative refugee status for a child who was already conceived, but not yet born, on the day you were admitted as a refugee.
		You may not apply for derivative refugee status for your child's mother unless she is married to you on the date of your admission to the United States.
	uscis.gov /graphics/howdoi/derref.htm (1267 words)

	Eligibility for Refugee Assistance and Services through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Refugee Act of 1980 provided a formal definition of "refugee", which is virtually identical to the definition in the 1967 United Nations Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.
		ORR’s mission is to assist refugees and other special populations, as outlined in ORR regulations, in obtaining economic and social self-sufficiency in their new homes in the United States.
		Once an individual is determined to be a refugee, a joint effort, conducted by the Department of State, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the INS, brings these individuals to the United States.
	www.acf.hhs.gov /programs/orr/programs/eligib.htm (951 words)

	Topical Words: Refugee
		Most early news reports called them refugees (“Astrodome to become new home for storm refugees”, USA Today, 1 Sep; “Bus refugees overcome bureaucracy”, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 2 Sep; “The refugee emergency is beginning to affect neighboring states, Texas most of all”, New York Times, 4 Sep—just three of many hundreds of examples).
		Using the word refugees makes it sound like they are not of us.” The Reverend Jesse Jackson called it “racist”; he and other African-American leaders have even argued the word has criminal connotations.
		The OED’s entry shows that the first use of refugee was in reference to the French Huguenots who came to England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
	www.worldwidewords.org /topicalwords/tw-ref1.htm (925 words)

	Heartland Refugee Resettlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Refugees are people outside of the United States seeking protection from feared persecution in their homeland.
		They attain refugee status by proving to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that they have a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race, religion, national origin, political opinion, or their membership in a social group.
		Heartland Refugee Resettlement is a program of Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska that provides services to refugees before, during and after their arrival.
	www.lfsneb.org /communityoutreach/refugeeresettlement/index.asp (518 words)

	Church World Service: Refugee FAQ
		A refugee, on the other hand, is compelled to seek asylum in another country.
		A: According to recent estimates from the U.S. Committee for Refugees, there are 11.5 million refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world, and 21.3 million internally displaced persons in need of protection and assistance.
		Although IDPs share many characteristics with refugees, they are not protected by international refugee law because they remain inside their own countries.
	www.churchworldservice.org /Immigration/FAQ.html (591 words)

	Refugee and Immigrant Health Program
		The mandate of the Refugee and Immigrant Health Program is to control communicable diseases among refugees and newly arrived immigrants and to improve the general health status of the State's refugee populations.
		Refugees are persons who are outside their country of nationality and who are unable or unwilling to return to that country due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a social group.
		Refugees have unique health care needs which result from conditions in their native countries, their refugee experiences and their journeys to the United States.
	www.mass.gov /dph/cdc/rhip/wwwrihp.htm (1001 words)

	Refugee Law, Gender, and the Human Rights Paradigm
		Under the international Refugee Convention, a refugee is a person unable or unwilling to avail herself of the protection of her country “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.”
		International refugee law is based on the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, opened for signature July 28, 1951, 19 U.S.T. and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, opened for signature Jan. 31, 1976, 19 U.N.T.S. 267 [together hereinafter Convention or Refugee Convention].
		The decision of the Board denying her claim to refugee protection was appealed to the U.S. Federal Court of the Third Circuit, but the INS has joined with counsel in requesting remand and reconsideration by the Board.
	www.law.harvard.edu /students/orgs/hrj/iss15/anker.shtml (10113 words)

	World Refugee Academy - Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The World Refugee Academy is committed to the appeal of High Commissioner for Refugees to ensure that refugee youth gain access to opportunities they need and value.
		It is a student-initiated organization with a mission to contribute to the education and empowerment of refugee youth.
		By providing refugee youth with opportunities to develop their potential through education, the World Refugee Academy believes it is also contributing to the improvement of life and development of responsible leadership among refugee communities.
	www.worldrefugeeacademy.org (126 words)

	Bureau of Refugee Services - History of Iowa Refugee Resettlement
		In September, the American Embassy granted refugee status for the Tai Dam and the Governor accepted responsibility for resettling 1,200 Tai Dam by signing a two year contract with the U.S. Department of State.
		The documentary depicted the plight of refugees in overcrowded camps in Malaysia.
		The Center helps refugees prepare for, get and keep their first jobs in the United States as well as helping refugees advance in their careers.
	www.dhs.state.ia.us /refugee/bureau/history.asp (1320 words)

	REFUGEE REPUBLIC
		Refugee Republic is a concept based on the ever increasing number of refugees, displaced persons and migrants.
		Refugee Republic is attempting to address the problem associated with this condition.
		Refugee Republic maintains that refugees are essentially unrealized capital and that their involuntary fate of an
	www.refugee.net (79 words)

	Department of Social Services - Refugee Programs Bureau - WTK Hmong Refugees
		The California Refugee Programs is hopeful that through the information sharing process of this web page that the WTK Hmong refugees will be kept informed of the latest services and resources that are available in their community.
		Thailand provided many refugee camps to house the Hmong people who had fled Laos, but in the mid 1990s the last of the camps were closed.
		Refugees are also eligible for refugee-specific job training and employment services in eleven counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Yolo, and San Diego.
	www.dss.cahwnet.gov /refugeeprogram/WTKHmongRe_81.htm (1153 words)

	How Do I Apply for Resettlement in the United States as a Refugee? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In mid-1998, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated the world's population of refugees and asylum seekers to be 13 million.
		People who meet the definition of a refugee and who are otherwise admissible to the United States may be resettled in the United States if they have not been firmly resettled in a third country.
		(Many grounds of inadmissibility may be waived for refugees.) Generally, refugees are people who are outside their homeland and have been persecuted in their homeland or have a well-founded fear of persecution there on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
	uscis.gov /graphics/howdoi/refapp.htm (1235 words)

	Refugee Council of Australia
		The Refugee Council of Australia is a non-profit peak organisation.
		The Refugee Charter is an initiative of the Refugee Council of Australia.
		The RCOA report, 'Australia's Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program: Current Issues and Future Directions, Views from the Community Sector' for February 2006 is available here.
	www.refugeecouncil.org.au (200 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Scotland celebrates refugee week
		On Monday, which is World Refugee Day, there will be an evening of music and film which explores life as a refugee in Scotland in 2005.
		Ms Daghlian said: "World Refugee Day asks us to think about the millions of people whose lives have been devastated by war, conflict or human rights abuses, forcing them to flee their homes and live in exile as refugees.
		Communities Minister Malcolm Chisholm said that Scotland had a long tradition of welcoming refugees, and it was important to ensure that refugees had the opportunities in order to contribute fully to life.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/4106710.stm (360 words)

	The Refugee Act
		The Refugee Act of 1980 created The Federal Refugee Resettlement Program to provide for the effective resettlement of refugees and to assist them to achieve economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible after arrival in the United States.
		Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 2 years the period for admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(S) of such Act, and to authorize appropriations for the refugee assistance program under chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
		Human Services, an office to be known as the Office of Refugee Resettlement (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Office").
	www.acf.hhs.gov /programs/orr/policy/refact1.htm (1552 words)

	Refugee Resettlement Program
		A refugee, as defined by the Refugee Act of 1980, is a person who is outside of and unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of the home country because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
		The refugee often flees or is forced to leave suddenly and therefore leaves with few possessions.
		Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) are available to refugees during their first eight months in the U.S. To be eligible for RCA, a refugee must be ineligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
	www2.state.ga.us /departments/dhr/refugee.html (604 words)

	Welcome to the ACF Office of Refugee Resettlement
		This message is intended for broad circulation among the refugee network, including state refugee coordinators, state refugee health coordinators, voluntary agencies and their local affiliates, mutual assistance associations, and local health providers who offer refugee services, and organizations that work with unaccompanied alien children and victims of trafficking.
		The final notice announces the availability of funds for targeted assistance grants (TAG) for services to refugees in counties where, because of factors such as unusually large refugee populations and high refugee concentrations, there exists and can be demonstrated a specific need for supplemental of resources to this population.
		Qualifications of counties are based on the arrivals of refugees during the 5-year period from FY 2000 through FY 2004, and on the concentration of the arrivals population as a percentage of each county overall population.
	www.acf.dhhs.gov /programs/orr (880 words)

	Welcome to KYRM.org!
		The theme of World Refugee Day 2006 is “Passage to a New Life.” With this theme in mind, KRM will host a film festival during the third week of June.
		Through film, we hope to celebrate the strength and courage of refugees in various stages of passage around the world, as well as to move members of the community to help their newly-arrived refugee neighbors.
		Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (KRM), a non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing resettlement services to refugees through church- and agency-based sponsorship in order to promote self-sufficiency and successful integration into our community.
	www.kyrm.org (171 words)

	Calling survivors ‘refugees’ stirs debate - Hurricanes Archive Section - MSNBC.com
		They have argued that "refugee" implies that the displaced storm victims, many of whom have been fl, are second-class citizens — or not even Americans.
		"The AP is using the term ‘refugee’ where appropriate to capture the sweep and scope of the effects of this historic natural disaster on a vast number of our citizens," said Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll.
		Webster's defines a refugee as a person fleeing ‘home or country’ in search of refuge, and it certainly does justice to the suffering legions driven from their homes by Katrina."
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9232071 (795 words)

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