Languages
101 East - Refugees on the run - 12 Nov 09 - Pt 1
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Nov 12 09
Witnessed: 1161 times
Regions: Afghanistan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
Issues: Police brutality, Refugees
Tags: asylum seekers, Australia, Detention, government militia, immigrants, unhcr
Fleeing countries like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, refugees are risking their lives on a new smugglers route through Asia in search of a better life.
Related Media
Pakistan pledges to continue Swat offensive - 11 May 09
Fighting between the Pakistani military and the Taliban has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, many fleeing their homes in Swat for hastily erected refugee camps. ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Issues: Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Hotel bomb blast shakes Peshawar - 10 Jun 09
A huge lorry bomb has exploded outside the Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar, killing at least 15 people, including five UN aid workers. ...
Regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Issues: Armed conflict, Refugees, Violence
Displaced Pakistanis returning to Buner - 05 Jun 09
Pakistan's military says it is making important gains, in its offensive against the Taliban. But tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the fighting in the northwest....
Regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Issues: Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Panic grips Pakistan's Buner as fighting intensifies - 07 May 09
Until a few weeks ago no one outside Pakistan had heard of Buner in the North West Frontier Province but that's all changed now....
Regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Issues: Armed conflict, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Resettling Sri Lankan IDPs - keeping up the momentum
Resettling IDPs - keeping up the momentum
...Regions: Sri Lanka
Issues: Humanitarian, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Related Groups
Together TV
Launched in March 2005 togetherTV gives individuals in the developing world a rarely heard voice. ...
Issues: Poverty, Refugees, Shelter
UNHCR - RLO
The UNHCR Regional Liaison Office for Africa (RLO) was opened in Addis Ababa in 1966 in order to establish strong relations with the then new Organization of African Unity and other international orga...
Regions: Ethiopia
Issues: Internally displaced persons, Refugees
Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC)
The MTUC came into existence at a time when the First Emergency was declared against insurgent communist activities....
Regions: Malaysia
Issues: Labor
Justice for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah
Habib ‘Paapu’ Ullah died on Thursday 3rd July during a stop and search by Police Officers on a vehicle in a car park in High Wycombe at approximately 7.15pm....