Refugees are often in the headlines yet the reality of their lives is frequently misunderstood.
Tens of millions of people have been uprooted from their homes because of violence or persecution.
Updated: Wed, 19 Jun 2013
But not all these people are refugees. Syrians who have fled fighting to other parts of Syria are strictly speaking known as internally displaced people because they haven’t left Syria. Those in neighbouring Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq are refugees because they’ve crossed an international border.
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Thousands of residents displaced by inter-communal violence a year ago in this central town in Myanmar are being allowed to rebuild their homes.
MEIKTILA, 20 March 2014 (IRIN) –
“We want to finish them as soon as possible,” Phoe Ti, a 35-year-old Muslim bricklayer whose home was burnt to the ground in the violence, told IRIN. New brick homes are under construction nearby in the Chan Aye quarter of Meiktila where Buddhists and Muslims once lived peacefully side by ...
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Shelter The World Recognizes World Refugee Day
We’re watching with interest as the world recognizes World Refugee Day and the difficulties and hardships experienced by over 45 million people living as refugees. This subject is important to us here at Shelter The World because of our work to deliver better shelters to those in need. Many Refugees will never return or be ...
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