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	<title>1 family: UNHCR launches new social advocacy campaign</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ A new UNHCR campaign highlights the impact of war on families, showing how war or persecution can change a family’s future in just 1 minute ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>A refugee in Hungary struggles to reunite with his family</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ For seven years, an Ethiopian refugee in Hungary has struggled to gain permission for his family to join him. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Iraqi family lauds Bulgarian procedure of family reunification</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ An Iraqi refugee and his family benefit from Bulgaria’s humane approach to family reunification. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Fleeing to a new land, but finding no home</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2013/fleeing-to-a-new-land-but-finding-no-home.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Among asylum-seekers and refugees searching for new lives in Poland, Bulgaria, and Slovakia, homelessness and destitution are real and persistent threats ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>UNHCR urges local authorities to step up efforts to curb xenophobia in Białystok</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2013/unhcr-urges-local-authorities-to-step-up-efforts-to-curb-xenophobia-in-bialystok.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is deeply concerned over the brutal attack against refugees and urges the authorities to identify and prosecute the perpetrators and promote tolerance ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>A refugee in Poland savours his first legal job, aims for the stars</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Mehmet has overcome many challenges to land a secure job selling kitchenware in Warsaw, giving him independence and a chance to pursue his dream of an acting career ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Strong will helps Congolese refugee build a home away from home</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2013/strong-will-helps-congolese-refugee-build-a-home-away-from-home.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ BRD bank clerk overcomes homesickness to build a new life in Romania and learns the secrets of distilling a good “tzuica” ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:57:30 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Young Afghan refugee rediscovers family warmth in Slovenia</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2013/young-afghan-refugee-rediscovers-family-warmth-in-slovenia.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ A Slovene mother opens her heart, family and home to a young refugee helping him put the pieces of his broken life back together and rebuild his life in his new country ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Two men, two conflicts and a long road to safety</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2013/two-men-two-conflicts-and-a-long-road-to-safety.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Two university graduates fleeing violence in the Middle East share the daily trials of life as asylum-seekers in Romania. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:59:01 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Romania’s “Oprah Winfrey” uses TV to shine a spotlight on refugees</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2013/romanias-oprah-winfrey-uses-tv-to-shine-a-spotlight-on-refugees.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Mbela Nzuzi arrived in Romania in 1997 as a refugee. Today she is a TV star, hosting an hour long talkshow "Restart Romania". ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Pizzeria job offers Somali refugee a lifeline to self-reliance</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/pizzeria-job-offers-somali-refugee-a-lifeline-to-self-reliance.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ An Italian restaurant in Slovenia gives a young Somali refugee the chance to rebuild his life, pizza by pizza ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Young Hungarians find volunteering to help refugees an enriching experience</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/young-hungarians-find-volunteering-to-help-refugees-an-enriching-experience.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ On World Volunteer Day, three young volunteers in Budapest talk about why they signed up to tutor refugees and how the experience has touched their lives. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Bulgaria organizes first ever job fair for refugees</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/bulgaria-organizes-first-ever-job-fair-for-refugees.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Eleven women get a chance to prove their skills through the first ever refugee job fair in Bulgaria ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Learning through giving: student helps asylum-seekers learn Hungarian</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/learning-through-giving-student-helps-asylum-seekers-learn-hungarian.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-one-year-old Patrícia vividly remembers the words of the social worker on her first day in the Debrecen Reception Centre for Asylum-Seekers ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>A persecuted Iraqi journalist forges a new life in Romania</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/a-persecuted-iraqi-journalist-forges-a-new-life-in-romania.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ An Iraqi journalist is targeted, kidnapped and held captive for three months before escaping. After a perilous journey, he finds refuge in Romania ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>After a narrow escape and a long journey, a refugee family finds safety</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/after-a-narrow-escape-and-a-long-journey-a-refugee-family-finds-safety.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Mohammad fled Sri Lanka with his wife after he had been accused of helping the Tamil Tigers. They reached the Hungarian border just hours before Sitara gave birth to their daughter ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Thousands mark World Refugee Day in Central Europe</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/thousands-mark-world-refugee-day-in-central-europe.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ A menagerie of events from an installation of a giant suitcase to exhibitions of children’s artwork helped shine the spotlight on refugee dilemmas, as Central Europe marks World Refugee Day ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>UN refugee agency launches campaign about refugee dilemmas</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/un-refugee-agency-launches-campaign-about-refugee-dilemmas.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ The UN refugee agency has launched an online campaign in Central Europe to raise public awareness about the life-and-death decisions refugees face ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Asylum-seekers treated like criminals in Hungary</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/asylum-seekers-treated-like-criminals-in-hungary.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ When the Somali Bashir* reached the Hungarian border on a foggy October night in quest for safety, he did not think he would soon find himself detained in prison-like conditions. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Concerns over the detention and deportation of asylum-seekers in Hungary</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/concerns-over-the-detention-and-deportation-of-asylum-seekers-in-hungary.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ PRESS RELEASE – UNHCR calls for urgent steps to bring the protection environment in line with international standards in Hungary. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Giving back: Iraqi refugee helps others navigate school system in Hungary</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/giving-back-iraqi-refugee-helps-others-navigate-school-system-in-hungary.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Father of two Hassan learnt from own experience and resolved to help other refugee parents find proper education for their children in their new home country. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Refugees in Poland sleeping rough</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2012/refugees-in-poland-sleeping-rough.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Homeless refugees in Poland sleep in shelters, squatted buildings, train stations or even night buses. One third of those granted asylum may be homeless. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>What is your citizenship? Unknown</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/what-is-your-citizenship-unknown.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ „Citizenship of the child unknown”, reads the birth certificate of the three-month-old Glody born to Congolese refugee parents in Hungary due to a gap in nationality legislation. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Every minute, eight people flee their homes to escape conflict or persecution</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/every-minute-eight-people-flee-their-homes-to-escape-conflict-or-persecution.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ We believe even 1 is too many. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>"A chance to get to know each other": Exhibition shows diversity of Africans in Poland</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/a-chance-to-get-to-know-each-other-exhibition-shows-diversity-of-africans-in-poland.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Outdoor photography exhibition challenges stereotypes with a diverse view of Africans in Poland.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Navigating the unknown – life as a stateless person in Budapest</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/navigating-the-unknown-life-as-a-stateless-person-in-budapest.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, August 25 (UNHCR) – Life remains a daily struggle for Mariana in Hungary as so little is understood about her stateless status, even by government officials. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:25:35 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Reflections on the tragedy in Norway</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/reflections-on-the-tragedy-in-norway.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ GENEVA, August 3 (UNHCR) – Op-Ed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres – That a country such as Norway should be subjected to such an utterly brutal and nihilistic attack is the cruellest of ironies.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>UNHCR issues recommendations as Poland starts EU Presidency</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/unhcr-issues-recommendations-as-poland-starts-eu-presidency.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ PRESS RELEASE – BUDAPEST/WARSAW, July 1 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has made recommendations to Poland on taking forward the EU asylum agenda, upon the commencement of its European Union Presidency today. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>A colourful World Refugee Day brings together new alliances in Central Europe</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/a-colourful-world-refugee-day-brings-together-new-alliances-in-central-europe.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, June 20 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency, in its 60th year, and the civil society mark World Refugee Day with a rich and varied programme of activities in Central Europe. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>UNHCR Urges Hungarian Government To Urgently Assist Homeless Refugees</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2009/unhcr-urges-hungarian-government-to-urgently-assist-homeless-refugees.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ In a dramatic appeal to the Hungarian Government and the Mayor of Budapest, UNHCR requested emergency measures to assist homeless refugees living in the capital. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Hungarian Odyssey for Sick  Bosnians Ends after 17 Years</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2009/hungarian-odyssey-for-sick-bosnians-ends-after-17-years.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ 19 psychiatric patients who were evacuated from their hospital during the war in 1992, saw the long-awaited end of their Hungarian exile. Last week they were taken back to their former mental ward in near Modriča in North-Eastern Bosnia. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Listen to voices seldom heard</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2009/listen-to-voices-seldom-heard.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ Not too many people know that there are refugees in Central Europe who sleep with earplugs for fear of cockroaches creeping in their ears during the night. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Poland Improving Refugee Education</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2009/poland-improving-refugee-education.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ The Polish Parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on the Educational System this March to remedy the problems of refugee education. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Slovak Offer Enables Palestinians to Leave Desert Camp in Iraq</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2009/slovak-offer-enables-palestinians-to-leave-desert-camp-in-iraq.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ A cooperation agreement signed on Monday between UNHCR, the Slovak Government and the (International Organisation for Migration) provides the first signal of hope to Palestinian refugees who have been trapped in the desert camp of Al Walid at the Iraqi-Jordanian border for over six years. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Integration Systems in Central Europe at Breaking Point</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ "I am not lazy, I work 14 hours a day, but I cannot pay the rent," says Louis*, a 46 year old Iraqi, encircling his little food shop with a desperate gesture. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>A Big Welcome From a Tiny Village</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Despite of the rainy weather, everyone seemed happy in Oseček, a tiny village in Eastern Bohemia last Friday. Running around the house, four Burmese kids tried to figure out where their intended bedrooms are. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Refugees Evacuated from Desert Camp To the Safe Haven in Romania</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2009/refugees-evacuated-from-desert-camp-to-the-safe-haven-in-romania.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ The lives of 138 refugees from Iraq have improved enormously since their evacuation and temporary placement in the Evacuation Transit Centre (ETC) in Timisoara, Romania. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Christmas celebrations may help refugee integration in Hungary</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, December 22 (UNHCR) - In the refugee reception centres of Bicske, Békéscsaba and Debrecen, the month of December has been the most colourful and happy period of the year for refugee children and their families. ]]></description>
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	<title>Intercultural dialogue with refugees</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, 9 September (UNHCR) – Intercultural Dialogue addresses one of UNHCR's main protection concerns in the region: widespread xenophobic attitudes and enormous difficulties refugees face at integration. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Under-funding leads to trouble in Hungarian reception centres</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, August 1 (UNHCR) - Recognised refugees from the Bicske integration centre held a demonstration in front of UNHCR's office in Budapest to express their grievances with assistance programmes. ]]></description>
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	<title>From Dadaab to Budapest: A Refugee Girl's Journey to EU Citizenship</title>
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	<title>UNHCR initiates systems to protect refugee women and children from violence</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST/LJUBLJANA, June 22 (UNHCR) - When the teachers of eight year old refugee girl Alicia* noticed marks of beatings on her body, they set in motion the standard procedure for such cases in Hungary. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>UNHCR: refugee integration should start as early as possible</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, May 6 (UNHCR) – UNHCR's recent visits to two refugee reception facilities in Hungary have confirmed the need for refugee integration to start as early as possible. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>New camp setup in Hungary sends refugees on the move</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, January 30 (UNHCR) - The New Year has brought major changes into the lives of some 150 refugees and asylum seekers in Hungary, as they were required to move from their previous refugee shelters to other locations. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>“I've never been better in worse times”</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ LJUBLJANA, January 11 (UNHCR) - Elderly refugees cannot integrate without family support. Young and middle-aged refugees usually succeed to rebuild their lives in a new country, persons over 60 usually do not. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>UNHCR recommendations to new EU Presidency</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ LJUBLJANA, GENEVA, BUDAPEST, December 12 (UNHCR) - In a paper released today, UNHCR encourages the upcoming Slovene Presidency of the European Union to focus on ensuring access to asylum in the Union and to maintain the EU’s leading role in setting international protection standards. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Schengen will not allow refugees to move west</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, December 6 (UNHCR) – The situation of refugees and asylum-seekers will not considerably change by Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia joining the Schengen zone, although many nourish false hopes of new freedoms. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Going to school is the best thing that can happen to a refugee child</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ DEBRECEN, October 18 (UNHCR) – A new funding model could solve the problem of many schools in Hungary and it could put an end to a long story of problems in the education of refugee children. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>New asylum laws bringing good and bad news for refugees</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, September 6 (UNHCR) - Currently, many of the countries along the eastern EU border are amending their asylum laws in line with the EU policy to harmonize asylum legislation among the member states. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Training refugees for the Hungarian labour market</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, February 1 (UNHCR) - Only a few dozen of refugees manage to find legal employment in Hungary each year. A training programme helped twenty of them learn Hungarian and obtain vocational training in order to find a job. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Slovenian authorities turned legal resident into asylum seeker</title>
	<link>http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2007/slovenian-authorities-turned-legal-resident-into-asylum-seeker.html</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ LJUBLJANA, January 16 (UNHCR) - Alija Berisha is puzzled and angry. “Why do I have to ask for asylum in my own country? I have a right to live in Slovenia with my family”, the ethnic Kosovan Roma tells a UNHCR visitor. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Roma fleeing from Hungary to Sweden: extreme poverty uproots communities</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, December 1 (UNHCR) - Sweden received 356 asylum-seekers of Roma origin from Hungary in recent months. Fleeing families say they have no other choice due to extreme poverty and wide-spread discrimination in labour and education. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Young asylum seekers and their teachers face a test in some European nations</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ WARSAW, September 12 (UNHCR) – Schools around Europe opened their doors to millions of children earlier this month, including one special group of students keen to get back into the classroom but wondering how they will cope. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Uzbek refugees wait in Romania for resettlement: “I went to the bazaar and ended up in a refugee camp”</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ TIMISOARA, February 7 (UNHCR) – In the reception centre that has been home to hundreds of Uzbek refugees since they arrived in Romania this summer, 3-month-old Islam is known as “our little prince.” ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>For Chechens, Poland is not west enough</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ WARSAW, December 5 (UNHCR) – Shema drags her teenage daughter down the stairs together with the wheelchair. “I don't know why I can't go where I want, to treat my baby. I am stuck in Poland.” ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Abused woman granted refugee status in Hungary</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, November 1 (UNHCR) - Tormented, ostracized, shamed and illiterate Azita may be - but her will is unbroken. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
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	<title>Taking the temperature of the world's refugees</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, October 28 (UNHCR) – “I am a car mechanic, but my diploma is not acknowledged in Slovenia, so I cannot get a suitable job," said a recognized African refugee.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Hungary sees need for better integration as more refugees stay</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, July 28 (UNHCR) – “I know that I came by my own decision. Hungary did not invite me to come. So I cannot ask for too much, but a little kick would help our integration a lot,” says Arkan Al-Hassani*, an Iraqi refugee in Hungary. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Asylum in Hungary: Crisis averted but challenges emerging</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ BUDAPEST, May 18 (UNHCR) – When Hungary joined the European Union in May last year, it expected a surge of people seeking asylum.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 12:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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