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 USCRI Releases World Refugee Survey 2006: Risks and RightsWASHINGTON DC, June 14, 2006—The Survey reveals that the number of refugees in the world has increased to 12 million largely due to instability in Iraq. The Survey counts 650,000 more Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria since 2005 and finds that nearly 8 million refugees remain warehoused: deprived of basic human rights for five years or more. Read more... |
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“For Iraqis, Exodus to Syria and Jordan Continues,” Sabrina Tavernese, The New York Times, June 14, 2006—In one of the first comprehensive tallies of Iraqis fleeing Iraq since the American-led invasion, the U.S. Committee on Refugees and Immigrants has counted 644,500 Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan in 2005. The figure substantiates the overwhelming evidence of an exodus in recent months. Read more … |
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“Iraq Exodus Ends Four-Year Decline in Refugees,” Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, June 14, 2006—An exodus of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis escaping growing violence in their homeland last year increased the total number of refugees around the world to some 12 million, according to the World Refugee Survey 2006 released here Wednesday by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). Read more … |
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“US Based Group Says Global Refugee Population Growing,” Michael Bowman, Voice of America News, June 14, 2006—The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants says the number of refugees worldwide is growing, and that nations receiving refugees must do more to welcome and integrate the new arrivals. Read more … |
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“Iraq conflict fuels rise in global refugees to 12 million: survey,” P. Parameswaran, Agence France Presse, June 14, 2006—The global refugee population has begun to rise for the first time in four years largely due to instability in Iraq, said the U.S. Committee on Refugees and Immigrants , which saw refugee protection deteriorating by all measures. Read more … |
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“Iraq exodus drives growth of world refugee population: watchdog,” Xinhua General News Service (China), Associated Press Worldstream, June 14, 2006—An exodus of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis was the driving factor behind the growth of world refugee population to a total of 12 million last year, said the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), a refugee watchdog, said in its newly-released report, the World Refugee Survey 2006. Read more … |
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“Iraq conflict fuels rise in global refugees: survey,” Australian Broadcasting Company, June 15, 2006—The global refugee population has begun to rise for the first time in four years, largely due to instability in Iraq. USCRI's 12 million global refugee figure for 2005 was far higher than the 8.4 million cited by the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last week. The survey says the global refugee population begun to fall after hitting 14.9 million in 2001 but showed an upward trend again last year. Read more … |
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“China especially discriminatory against North Korean Refugees US Committee,” Yonhap (South Korea), June 15, 2006—China focuses special discrimination against North Korean refugees, refusing to let them work or own property - privileges granted Vietnamese refugees. The annual survey released by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) estimated some 50,000 North Koreans are in China in search of asylum. Read more … |
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“Al-Maliki urges limited amnesty Pardons for those who had attacked only U.S. troops,” Ellen Knickmeyer, Jonathan Finer (Washington Post ) San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 2006—more than 650,000 Iraqis have fled their homeland for Jordan and Syria since the beginning of 2005, a refugee survey released Wednesday revealed. according to the survey, published by the Washington-based U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. It said Iraq ranks third worldwide as a source country for refugees with 888,000; only Palestinians and Afghans flee their homelands in greater numbers. Read more... |
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“Sudan; Country's Other Crisis,” Fritzroy A. Sterling, Inter Press Service (Johannesburg), June 20, 2006—Far removed from the larger, more volatile camps in Darfur and eastern Chad are an estimated 110,000 refugees from Ethiopia and Eritrea currently living in 12 camps in eastern Sudan. Read more… |
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"World Refugee Survey: How Does Africa Score?" Refugee Rights News, July 2006—On June 13, 2006, the International Refugee Rights Initiative co-hosted a session for NGOs previewing the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants’ (USCRI’s) annual World Refugee Survey—Risks and Rights. This year’s Survey features articles on the response to Hurricane Katrina in the United States, the impact that the denial of rights-- also called refugee “warehousing”--has on refugee women, refugee protests in the Global South and an update on internal displacement. Interestingly the Survey found that the global number of refugees had risen last year, in contrast to the assessment of UNHCR, largely due to new outflows from Iraq, included by USCRI but not UNHCR. Read more… |
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"Refugees in Peril," America, July 20, 2006—Forced from their homes by armed conflicts, political unrest and human rights abuses, refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world continue their painful search for safety. Read more… |