Tuesday 20 August 2013

IRIN Asia English reports, 8/19/2013(a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs )




Sri Lanka minister promises to prioritize Tamil repatriation in 2014

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COLOMBO, 19 August 2013 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka says it will prioritize the repatriation of thousands of Tamil refugees in India next year, more than four years after the 1983-2009 civil war.
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Insecurity driving illegal Afghan child migration

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NANGARHAR, 19 August 2013 (IRIN) - Six years ago, when Najib* was 15, Taliban fighters came to his home in Shinwar District* in the eastern province of Nangarhar telling him to join them. After repeated visits, his family sought a way for Najib to escape, and paid a smuggler to take him to the UK.
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