refugee loses rights to son she abandoned in Wheaton - Chicago Daily Herald


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refugee loses rights to son she abandoned in Wheaton
Chicago Daily Herald
By Josh Stockinger A Burmese refugee on Monday was stripped of her remaining parental rights to the son she abandoned at birth in Wheaton more than two years ago. DuPage County Judge Robert Anderson said Nunu Sung's child is better off with the foster ...
Asian refugee has no right to son she abandoned, judge rules Chicago Sun-Times
Judge revokes parental rights of refugee mother ABC7Chicago.com
Judge ends parental rights of mom who abandoned newborn Chicago Tribune

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Few refugees recognized from Sun Sea, Ocean Lady - National Post


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Few refugees recognized from Sun Sea, Ocean Lady
National Post
TORONTO • The refugee claims from the nearly 600 Sri Lankans who paid smugglers to ferry them to Canada are moving slowly and face dwindling odds of success, new statistics show. More than two years after the Ocean Lady arrived off Vancouver Island ...

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Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff - Reuters Africa


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Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff
Reuters Africa
By Oliver Holmes and Taha Zargoun TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb on Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months after Muammar Gaddafi's ...
Three Tawarga refugees killed near Tripoli AFP

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Close to 1000 Namibian refugees to be repatriated - by Bame Piet - New Era

Close to 1000 Namibian refugees to be repatriated - by Bame Piet
New Era
Close to 1000 Namibian refugees who are still residing in Botswana are likely to be repatriated back to their country by mid-year. The two countries, together with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) are working on sending these ...

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Liberian refugees eager to return home from Ghana - Ghana Business News

Liberian refugees eager to return home from Ghana
Ghana Business News
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday said it had recorded a significant surge in the number of Liberian refugees registering for voluntary repatriation from Ghana following announcement of the cessation invocation which takes effect on June 30, ...
Liberian Refugees to lose status by End of June Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

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Census aims to improve the lives of refugees in the Dominican Republic - UNHCR (press release)

Census aims to improve the lives of refugees in the Dominican Republic
UNHCR (press release)
As one member of a census team interviews a refugee, another takes down the details on a mobile phone. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 6 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency and its partner organization Pastoral Haitiana have launched an ...

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Earthquake Refugee Cottages - New York Times


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Earthquake Refugee Cottages
New York Times
After the 1906 earthquake, refugees lived in tents. But as winter rains approached, more than 5000 cottages were built by union carpenters to house 15000 of the 250000 people who had been left homeless. Two green 10-foot-by-14-foot buildings tucked ...

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