The UN's list of "10 Stories the World Should Hear More About" for 2006 was posted on 15 May, the UN Pulse reported. Two of the stories are particularly relevant to forced migration:
- "Lost in migration: Asylum seekers face challenges amid efforts to stem flows of illegal migrants" [text]
- "Protracted refugee situations: Millions caught in limbo, with no solutions in sight" [text]
More analysis of both issues is provided in UNHCR's latest State of the World's Refugees 2006, particularly chapters two ("Safeguarding Asylum") and five ("Protracted Refugee Situations").
For more information about these issues generally, visit the web sites of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Human Rights First , two organizations that advocate for the fair treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and the U.S., respectively. The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has launched an anti-warehousing campaign to highlight the plight of refugees caught up in protracted situations.
Other sources of information about "forgotten crises" are listed in an earlier posting.
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