Middle EastUN High Commissioner calls for actionA statement by Mr. António Guterres, calling attention to the plight of the mass amount of displaced Iraqis.Read more< UNHCR International Conference on Humanitarian Needs of Iraqis Statement of policy regarding Iraqis and others displaced in and outside IraqPrepared on the ocassion of the International Conference convened by the UN Refugee Agency to address the humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced persons inside Iraq and in neighbouring countries.Read more< Displaced Iraqis ICMC applauds the European call for greater protection of IraqisEuropean Parliament says "international community has a duty" towards refugees.Read more< The Vatican Vatican asks Syria to open borders to refugees, foreign workersVATICAN CITY, 26 July 2006 (CNS<) — As North American and European navies finished evacuating their nationals from Lebanon, a Vatican official pleaded with Syria to open its borders to refugees and to the international community to help foreign workers trapped in Lebanon.Read more< ![]() |