Posts Tagged ‘UNHCR’

Updated: Lost Palestinian Refugee Camps on UN-Google Earth Map

It was a happy moment when I heard the news that UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched in coordination with Google Earth, a new layer that focus on refugee camps around the world. This should be a great tool to follow the crisis of Palestinian refugees under occupation and expose it to the world [...]

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Twice Displaced: The Plight of Palestinians in Iraq

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Human Rights, Iraq, Palestine ]

The Washington Post is reporting today that 50,000 refugee are fleeing their homes a month, and they need help. As is so often the case with Iraq, the U.S. administration has been slow to recognize the problem and even slower to respond.
The U.S. response has been shockingly small. Though it is spending $8 billion a [...]

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